Margaret Rose Stringer's Blog, page 18

Not very good at this :(

It was a question from a blogging friend – a simple one: “How’s the non-vegetarian diet going ?” – that generated this post. Blame Hannah, OK ? Re-capping briefly: I ceased to be vegetarian because my younger sister pointed out that if I am approaching becoming pre-diabetic (as my current GP recently indicated), it’s because… Continue reading Not very good at this   :(

So I contributed to a conspiracy theory. Sighh ..

I wasn’t alone: But I’m not happy about it. That’ll teach me (I hope). Here is the consummate article on the whole tRump thing, I go so far as to say. https://the.ink/p/the-illness-he-is Read that and you’ll have a really good understanding of the ghastly maelstrom that is the current situation in the US. Or perhaps… Continue reading So I contributed to a conspiracy theory. Sighh ..

Oh yeah ..?

Me, I don’t buy it. It’s just too convenient that tRump and Melania have Covid-19. It gets him out of some dicey forthcoming situations. Unhappily, it also means he’s back calling the shots. You KNOW he’s going to demand that the election be postponed, and who knows what else ?! But I’m almost past it… Continue reading Oh yeah ..?

Almost back: just not quite ..

In the last seemingly æon but actually fortnight or so, I have managed to create chaos for myself online and for WordPress support in wanting them to fix it all. It’s been a horrible time. My own fault for creating an email aiias. May I suggest to anyone thing of doing that AND changing to […]

Suddenly I realize !

.. exactly what the problem is for me here – cf https://wp.me/p6zYMn-53e. It can be encapsulated within five words: I AM NOT IN CONTROL. For the first time in my adult life, I am living in a place where I do not call the shots. That is so not me that I find it absolutely […]

90° TURN

Anyone who’s known me for any length of time is aware that I have a Reluctant Gut – one reluctant to settle down quietly for any lengthy period, and one that insists on making its presence felt fairly often, as it has done since the mid-’90s. Then, it was so reluctant to be ignored as … Continue reading 90° TURN →

Geelong Winter in Ultra Pima

Stringer and I used to like to be able to tell each other: HYHIABC !!! and this stood for Haven’t you heard ? – it’s all been changed !!! It was a favourite exchange when we were away on location together, as script pages in varying colours were being issued each evening, together with revised … Continue reading Geelong Winter in Ultra Pima →

I know I said I wouldn’t, but .. [grin]

This is another new recipe ! I worked out that the stress is only there if I’m cooking for Others. When doing it alone, I give myself a big finger-wagging lecture about being stupid, and it really seems to help !    :D I do not recall how I came upon this INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS vege recipe, … Continue reading I know I said I wouldn’t, but .. [grin] →

Doing some unburdening

Today I write, I warn you, entirely narcissistically (I almost got lost among those syllables: forgive me if I wandered off the path) and lengthily. There are those who will claim I do that all the time, of course; and to them I offer nothing  more than a scornful laugh and a toss of the … Continue reading Doing some unburdening →

For JDB, formerly JAD

My mate Amanda, of the Something to Ponder blog fame, has recently been posting about blogging. I’m not trying to be confusing: if you think about it, writing about blogging then posting the writing on your blog is a perfectly sensible thing to do ! It was in discussion with her on this that I … Continue reading For JDB, formerly JAD →