Yippee!!

What was lost with the card catalogue (retired librarian here) was the serendipitous discovery of some completely new line of interest when you would flip past a card when searching for your specific title. Hmm - making medieval clothing has nothing to do with microscopy but that sounds like fun!

Try bringing an ice pack and ice down the injection site…. Seems to help some vaccine reactions.

Thank you. Wasn’t certain that freezing was after cooking or at the marinade stage. It looks so good and my cubes are empty…

How do you freeze the schwarma? And reheat?

I have lots of natives, but also lots of cultivars. I like showy plants and colour throughout the season, and many natives have small, nondescript flowers. Also many can get quite aggressive in a garden - I’m looking at you mayapple! It’s a balance.

They certainly asked the question…

A weight has lifted

Bridget with The Beatles on Abbey Road.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

The Cat With The Pearl Earring.

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

It was understandable under covid that we couldn’t see family in person, but this…

May I suggest that your family meet up in Canada? That is if your mom can travel on her own…

And maybe Henry Fonda reading the program in the row ahead of Ronnie…

Ronnie in the upper left corner?

Soon you will understand why we blurt out “I smell burnt toast” at every opportunity.

The delight of a dab of raspberry jam on a bit of old cheddar is unmatched.

Riding into the sunset on tenterhooks while champing at the bit.

Elon uses cruel accounting…

I have insomnia a lot lately so may as well share what’s literally keeping me up at night.

It’s a long list but tonight it’s flu. Yes, H5N1, but also seasonal flu. Firing federal scientists brings a flu-filled future.

Have you ever wondered how flu vaccine strains are chosen?

I didn’t think I would write a second series about the aftermath of the air accident near Washington, DC. But, well, it’s been quite a year this week.

No way Trump wrote that. His coms people are throwing in some capital letters and dog whistles to mimic his style.

Some thoughts on Wednesday-night’s tragic air accident near Washington, DC:

The mid-air collision of American Airlines flight 5342 and a US Army VH-60 helicopter is highly personal for me. It literally hits close to home as I live approximately three miles away from National Airport.

Oh Kevin - the goldfinches stay year round in Ottawa. Harder to spot with their dull plumage, and it’s fun to see them turn gold in the spring.

Deflecting

Woman left disappointed after ‘Northern Lights-style aurora’ turns out to be local tomato factory Dee Harrison, 56, spotted the reddish hue while driving to work through Branford, Suffolk, on Wednesday Alexander Butler --The Independent, 24 Oct 2024

2024 Headline of the Year nominee (October)

This is so beautiful and well worth watching

Omg i can’t wait!!!!!

I read online that someone’s old world gran just soaked them in salty water and that seemed like such a sensible way I’ve done it that way ever since.

The problem with small cookie cutters - always hiding at the back of some drawer

Festive Pigs. One year I reached for my smallest cookie cutter when making shortbread and tradition was born.