Drifting through life

I've just read a post (okay, it was last Thursday) by Andrew , of Highriser fame, about his new doona and how pleased he is with the way his bed now looks so much neater. Somewhere in that post, Andrew mentioned he has only one set of sheets and pillowcases, so they get washed and dried the same day and put back on the bed.  I was surprised to read that. Really surprised. Who doesn't have at least one spare set of bedding?  I myself have only two sets, one on the bed, of course, and one set in a drawer. Believe me, if I had storage space, I would have at least one extra set and probably two.  You never know when you might be sitting up in bed at 2am, reading and drinking coffee and oops, you spill the coffee. Or the cat jumps up and spills the coffee. I'm not running a set of bedding through the washer and dryer in the middle of the night, that's for sure.  Anyway, I got to thinking of days gone by, when I was younger, with a husband and four children at hom...

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along and read it. This month the words are supplied by Vest and can be found here . This week's words are:  1. mixture 2. summer 3. footsteps 4. warmth 5. shelter 6. chilly Here is my short story: On this wintry afternoon, I stood in the warmth of my kitchen, stirring the scrambled eggs mixture , thinking how the golden colour of it reminded me of the summer sun. As I stirred the pan and waited for the toast to pop up, I listened for footsteps along the garden path leading to my front door. Would my son make it home tonight?   Or would he be “sleeping rough” again as he already had so many times this year? Through my...

Welcome back to Sunday Selections. Begun way back in the mist of time by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock and now continued by me, with a drastic relaxation of rules. Originally meant for showcasing old photos lost on your files, never seeing the light of day, the meme has morphed into photos of your choice, new or old, good or not-so-good, anything you please, but nothing rude please. If you are participating, please leave me a comment so I can buzz along and have a look. Elephant's Child always participates, and her pictures are always worth seeing. Today's selection is totally random, one or two photos from each year I have been blogging: 2010: flowers on a cactus in the Botanic Gardens Adelaide 2011: a beehive I discovered in a ground level meter box 2011: a section of unfilled honeycomb on the dislodged lid of the meter box 2012: the folds of one of my favourite umbrellas which has pink frangipani and bright blue tropical butterflies 201...

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along and read it. This month the words are supplied by Lee and can be found here . This week's words are: 1. audacious 2. angst 3. narrative 4. provocative 5. thoughtless 6. courtesy and/or: 1. caricature 2. undercurrent 3. multiple 4. dominant 5. ultimate 6. confident Here is my story: The undercurrent of angst sweeping the assembly hall was thick enough to slice. Nudgings and whispers among the students rippled along the seated rows. The dominant theory was “Hamish has gone too far this time,” followed by multiple questions, “Has anyone seen Hamish?” “Did Hamish come to school today?” “Wonder where Hamish is?” “Surely he hasn...

Welcome back to Sunday Selections. Begun way back in the mist of time by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock and now continued by me, with a drastic relaxation of rules. Originally meant for showcasing old photos lost on your files, never seeing the light of day, the meme has morphed into photos of your choice, new or old, good or not-so-good, anything you please, but nothing rude please. If you are participating, please leave me a comment so I can buzz along and have a look. Elephant's Child always participates, and her pictures are always worth seeing. today we are back in my garden: remember all the buds on my jades? I was hoping the whole hedge would flower at once and put on a real show that didn't happen as you can clearly see, perhaps when they are a bit older the centre of the pigface has been eaten by something, there are dropped 'leaves' on both sides one of my chooks is in danger of being over run by the hen-and-chickens plant, I'll ha...

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along and read it. This month the words are supplied by Lee and can be found here . This week's words are: 1. stellar 2. resourceful 3. frivolous 4. revelation 5. catastrophe 6. perspective and/or: 1. potential 2. embodiment 3. euphoria 4. jeopardise 5. unite 6. groundswell Here is my story: The euphoria that accompanied Gloria’s stellar rise to fame was closely followed by the frivolous lifestyle most new young stars live. Partying, spending, more partying, more spending. Gloria woke up one morning to a revelation . Such a lifestyle could not continue. Her agent had called several times in the previous week, but she had ...

I'm typing on my backup laptop, not my favourite machine by a country mile. I actually hate this thing, but in the middle of doing something on the Toshiba, the screen went black, the battery was flat. How could this happen? I charged it this morning! Anyway, here I am on the HP, hereafter known as The Hippie, which also has not much power in the battery, but after searching half the drawers in the house, I found the power cord for Hippie and plugged him in, so I can keep doing what I was doing.  If only the brain interruptions would stop. There is too much happening lately and I'm not in a good place mentally. Everything that Needs To Happen seems to be happening this week and next week isn't looking any better, with five days booked out of the seven for Things That Need To Be Done.  Yesterday, Tuesday,  I had a day to do almost nothing, a couple of loads of washing were scheduled, but at least six times people came knocking on my door, so there went several hours,...