Influential films
Over on the dear old social place called Facebook I was challenged to post 10 films that influenced me. There was the proviso that they are films that are "still in rotation", which I took to mean that I still watch them (or have watched them multiple...
Photo a Day Collection – September 2018
Welcome to the ninth of these Photo a Day Collections! This year seems to be flying past now and we are sliding towards the darker months. It is one thing about this group and the challenge of finding the light in things you suddenly have less to care...
Buttons pushed
Recently, I had my buttons pushed by an email from an SEO company trying to be "helpful" and wanting my service. It might work for them, but they came across as down right rude: they said that my blog is weird and my social media approach sucked. Well, I...
Sole love
I enjoy the Photo a Day challenge as it makes me think creatively, and gets my mind working in interesting ways (I hope). One of the prompts in September 2018 was "Toes" and this got me thinking about the often over looked and unloved things that are our feet. ...
Photo a Day Collection – August 2018
Welcome to the August collection of my Photo a Day pictures. It is always interesting to remember that the Fat Mum Slim website (and creator of the photo a day challenge I take part in) is written by an Australian and that their seasons are opposite to...
Sauerkraut recipe
Ingredients: Cabbage* Salt** (approx 1.5 tsp per quarter of cabbage) Water Caraway seeds (optional, approx 1 tsp per quarter of cabbage) Equipment Knife Chopping board Large bowl Large Kilner jar*** Jam jar (that fits inside the neck of the kilner...
Another shoulder stretch – Lev Scap 2
If you've mastered the Sniff Test stretch, and it doesn't quite hit the spot there is a variation for a stretch for the Levator Scapula muscles that is quite delicious. This one has a few more steps than the previous one, and is more effective, but people get confused...
Photo a Day Collection – July 2018
So, welcome to the July collection of photos. This felt like a really tough month of prompts and I wasn't the only one to think so... It felt that things would be so much easier if I had a pet or a small child to photograph for the prompt. But then...
The sniff test stretch – Lev Scap 1
So many people hold tension in their shoulders, and they can often feel like it is pulling up into the neck. Sometimes it comes from the Upper Trapezius muscles that attach the shoulder girdle to the spine and the back of the skull, but it can also come from a muscle...