Messing about with empathy
Poor Caesar. I like ides, because lots of months have them. Ides means the middle of the month. Today is the famous one. Remember, no matter what happens with the coronavirus, at least we are not being betrayed and killed by our friends. At least, I hope not. I was going to share some quotes…
Happy Pi Day!!! I’m running 5 miles today, but if I had planned it better, I’d run 3.14 miles. Darn, training plan. However, I’ll celebrate in other ways, like making Irish soda bread (it has a circumference!) If you listened to the Footle and Grok podcast yesterday (I’d love for you to subscribe), you learned…
Happy Friday the 13th. I’m going to keep this short because I have to pet my black kitties and walk under a few ladders in honor of this superstitious day. You’ve probably heard from a lot of people that you should wash your hands often for 20 seconds. Well, if you are curious about how…
It’s Popcorn Lover’s Day! This is not to be confused with National Popcorn Day, which is in January. Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks, and my go-to treat when I’m at the Disney parks. I don’t like liquid butter on my popcorn, so I skip movie popcorn, but my favorite popcorn is found at…
I’m entering a fun writing contest. This one is short, imaginative, and not expensive to enter. It also has great prizes. I hope everyone will give it a try. To enter the Booksie 2020 Flash Fiction Writing Contest, write a 500-word story about the photo on the website. The deadline is May 8, 2020, so…
This was originally a post about my daylight saving time blues. But this blog has a no negativity rule, so I’m challenging myself to write something positive about daylight saving time (as opposed to the ten rotten things I could list if this wasn’t a no complaining zone.) Here I go. My cats don’t know…
I love learning about old science, preferably billions of years old. However, I never really thought much about the beginning of the Earth. My textbooks showed lots of small rocks smashing together to become bigger rocks. They eventually became planetoids and then planets. This took 10-15 million years, which is pretty fast in geologic time.…
Actually, it was great soup. My husband likes to experiment with cooking a lot more than I do. I wrote in an earlier post how I followed a new recipe, and the results were blah. Well, when my husband cooks, usually without instructions, the results are sometimes better than others, but always bold. When we…
Everyone should watch A Short History of Ships Cats – Floating Felines, Maritime Moggies and Kleptomaniac Kittens. This video is 27 minutes long and worth every minute. I knew cats lived on ships to take care of the rat problem, but I had no idea about all the other reasons they were needed. Most of the…
Long-term goals can be, well, long term. It can be hard to maintain your momentum when the end is a long way off. Whether your goal is losing weight, earning a degree, running every day for a year, or something else, the way to stay strong is to celebrate the small milestones. I have run…