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Sit at home, let loneliness and depression creep in ever so slowly, or get out and be a part of the environment...even if that environment is deemed as not so good?

...like a bar
...like a casino
...like a dance establishment
...like a party


I feel if you don't let those places become you....they can fill in any available gaps one has in their life in the meanwhile.

Of course, given if you are a single person.

Otherwise do what? Go to a movie by yourself? Go to a restaurant by yourself? Go to a cooking class that does not exist in your area by yourself? Go hiking by yourself? Go traveling by yourself?

Don't get me wrong, I do spend time doing things with my family, but sometimes those things don't bring you in the most social situations.

Any ideas?

You are not your age, nor the size of clothes you wear,
You are not a weight, or the color of your hair.
You are not your name, or the dimples in your cheeks.
You are all the books you read, and all the words you speak.
You are your croaky morning voice, and the smiles you try to hide.
You’re the sweetness in your laughter, and every tear you’ve cried.
You’re the songs you sing so loudly when you know you’re all alone.
You’re the places that you’ve been to, and the one that you call home.
You’re the things that you believe in, and the people whom you love.
You’re the photos in your bedroom, and the future you dream of.
You’re made of so much beauty, but it seems that you forgot
When you decided that you were defined by all the things you’re not.

(Not, by Erin Hanson)

Its one of those days.
It started of normal. Light shone in my eyes waking me from sleep.
I got out of bed and prepared for the day.
Dressing quite quickly and slipping on a pair of fresh clean socks. I walked down the stairs.
Beginning and continuing my day in peace and harmony. My soul cushioned by my new foot cladding.
Now Bed is calling and its just my luck to have stood on some sticky toffee stuff. Are my socks ruined ?
Is it possible to save money by just washing the outside of my socks as my feet were relatively clean when I put them on.

Please leave your top tips for such an emergency in the comments.
Thank you in Advance.

Things that some people consider older can be quite valuable and a great investment.

Some valuables here are definitely worth looking at and investing in, some masterpieces available for a forthcoming auction are:

The Geordie Sconemaker, a fine looking painting from Northumberland, Land of the Trees.

The Blur, This statue shows fine lines and beautifully carved features, a sassy and very valuable piece.

The Stealth van, a veritable and warm piece hand carved from platinum with gold edging.

The Innkeeper, from across the pond, adorned with beanaroni and with eyes and demeanor mirroring the goddess Venus.

The Goddess of Love, A Spanish Piece found in Tasmania, Generates electricity too.(Sold to the Celt)

The Swiss masterpiece, Adorned with fine clothing and vodka, looks fabulous on a beach.

The Poet, a gentle soulful piece, with beautiful words emanating from within.

The eyelash model, fresh and well-travelled, an Art lovers dream. (SOLD to a private collector)

The blessed cheesemaker, strong and self-sufficient, sharp as a knife.

The remnants of a warm fire, a hippy type, soulful and often misunderstood.

Herself, self-sufficient forest dweller from the land of potjie.

The Fish sounding woman, a very abstract and complicated chunk of African Art, now mainly hidden in attics.

The spell caster with an itchy exterior, a somewhat unknown piece that would look OK hanging above any fireplace. declined to be sold

Wrapped in Filo pastry, the humanitarian sculptured from passport stamps.

The art work from Vancouver “cultural blond”

The Semental Caballo lover, often mistaken for lady Godiva, an Alien abductors dream.

If you have been missed, there will be another catalog put together sometime. So any bids? These pieces wont last long on the market.

When is it when a man is to know for sure if a woman has interest in him...rather than just thinking she might?

And if he pushes in anyway, don't let him make himself at home!

How old would you be, if you didn't know the day you were born? Some people are born old and some would never be old if the calendar (ok, and the mirror) didn't tell them so. They think they are supposed to let the old man in. Nope. He's a state of mind, and he's horrible.

I just listened to Clint Eastwood singing a song with the blog title, because it was his response when asked how he could be starting filming the following week when he was 88, how did he keep going? 'I don't let the old man in'. Like most C&W it's a bit mournful so I haven't included it but the quote above is from the lyrics.

I can't remember when I last did a cartwheel and I'm pretty damned sure I really can't. But just because now when you party like a rockstar it takes a few days to recover doesn't mean you never party again, right? Don't let the old bugger spoil everything that makes life sweet.

For a while CS was a haven for those who escaped the dreary world to laugh, gossip, squabble and flirt. Then we let the old man in. (No, I am not pointing a finger at anyone in particular. I am saying we let in bigotry and offensiveness and let them hold the floor, existing members as much as new ones have let the old man in)

TODAY - don't let him in. And if that feels good, tomorrow too.

This bay is so beautiful, don't you think?












A friend just asked if I want to go there with her next weekend with her family... Hixhix... I wish I could join her but the fact that I'm too busy for 3 days trip... :(

I definitely will plan to come here in a near future.

I just had a thought while driving in the car today.

I am currently chatting with and in the process of setting up a date with an ex-private dancer. I was asked, what do you like about me? After finding out she is just about done with her college to become a veterinary assistant, I told her that I liked that she was doing something in her life to make herself proud and to love herself.

This got me thinking. I have heard so many times how women can never be happy or you can never please a woman. Lets say a woman is in a relationship with you and she cooks, cleans, pleases you in the sack....etc....what does she really have to be happy with? Yes, some women are happy in relationships like this but some others are not.

It is thought that happiness comes from within. Maybe these women that are thought to of being difficult to please or difficult to make happy, feel they have not accomplished much in life for themselves? Of course, this could go for a man also.

Moral of the story....try to avoid getting into a relationship unless you genuinely feel love or liking for yourself. In addition, a person looking to get into a relationship with another should determine if that person is genuinely happy with themselves.

Just a random thought I had today.


Accept negative outcomes in your life....learn from them....appreciate what you have....and build on that. :)

In summer I come home, put down my handbag, change my shoes, pick up the lead, and we’re off. One minute.

In winter I come home, put down my handbag, change my shoes for acrylic-fur-lined gumboots, put on my heavy walking jersey with acrylic fur lining and fur-lined hood, get the dog’s coat, feed her into that while she wriggles and hops from foot to foot with impatience, put on my greatcoat, find my gloves, pick up the lead, and we’re off. Ten minutes.

Three degrees C today in my corner of Scotland. What YOU wearing?





Just as a break from the weather, I offer the whether ... because it's November 8th and there's an election going on, there are some political jokes on the second page, where they can only offend someone who goes looking to be offended.

They're pretty good, actually. I thought.

can identify any number of corporate logos

cannot identify leaves from trees in their own garden

Of course their future progress will depend more on knowing where to go to buy what, than on knowing an oak leaf from a maple one

I horrified a pupil today by saying milk came from cows. Ew, she said, no, it comes from bottles. Yersssssssss but ...

Anyone here ever milked a cow, even once
Lifted a hen to take an egg from her nest
Dug up potatoes
Said boo to a goose with its wings out and neck outstretched as it rushed up hissing

I know lots and lots of us have groomed horses