Category Archives: health, blog
My diabetes avoidance blog
cycling is probably the only sport you can improve at the older you become
Why are we killing ourselves? Money?
I am writing this in May 2020. On Friday, the air was so clear that you could see for miles. It was a day with high winds. I was out on a 17 k walk across farms and open country, and I watched in awe as an oak tree of around 70 years old, dancedContinue reading “Why are we killing ourselves? Money?”
Manifesto for health and change
why can’t we work to stay healthy
Slow – to anger – Discover Prompts
There is nothing fast about writing.
A town in Bristol city
Photograher, Hermione Laake (young mum of 24 years, writer and ex-retail manger, 1990). I thought I would write a Coronovirus diary, as I read one blog on behaviour from Toronto and found it interesting from a psychological perspective. Covid-19 Here, in our small town we have over four coffee shops; all are shut down andContinue reading “A town in Bristol city”
Dish – part two
We cooked together, the flour a sticky mess, and used the remainder to make papier mache`pinata. Today’s dish: Home made sauce for pasta, or gnocchi. Recipe: Tomato puree Olive oil Garlic 1 red onion Rosemary Basil 1 stock cube Method: Lightly fry the onion and garlic in olive oil; remove from the heat, stir inContinue reading “Dish – part two”
The Age of the Imagination
“He will love those that he loved and he will love them to the end”
Hearing, seeing, understanding and empathy.
Dear readers, I’ve been thinking lately about age. For a few years now my hearing has been changing. I can trace the biggest alteration back to when I became an audio typist for a hospital for a year and a half, and wore headphones in my ears 5 days a week for 6-7 hours aContinue reading “Hearing, seeing, understanding and empathy.”
My Diabetes Avoidance Blog
Hello again dear readers, I had forgotten to mention that in addition to giving up chocolate, I have given up most yogurt. Quite a few yogurts too have ridiculously high levels of sugar. I have written about low sugar, Greek yogurt somewhere. I was ranting about Tesco a few months back and they began sellingContinue reading “My Diabetes Avoidance Blog”