I imagine you’ve heard of the Serenity Prayer, generally attributed to Reinhold Neibuhr? God, grant me the SerenityTo accept the things I cannot change… Courage to change the things I can,And Wisdom to know the difference. Turns out there’s more to it than that. The text continues: Living one day at a time,Enjoying one moment […]
The Time Flew By
Have you ever lost yourself in some kind of activity and wondered where the time went? You say, “oh my gosh, the time flew by, I have no idea where it went!” Toseland recently created an emoji to represent himself. It’s an old man. I suggested that he wasn’t that old, and he should consider […]
Liquidambar Leaves Falling
This time of year, liquidambar leaves are falling, though I only just noticed them. I mentioned before, that we take Pretty Girl to the local park every day. With the recent lockdown over, the streets are starting to get back to normal, seeing more cars, and dogs and people. It’s still mostly peaceful though the […]
NBN Outage
Over the last few days we’ve seen been severe storms across Vicoria. Some people have been warned not to expect the power back on until June 17th. There’s been trees down and widespread flooding. And if that’s not bad enough, we’ve been warned the storms are doubling back on themselves. We’ve been fortunate; we had […]
Silent Walk in the Park
We take Pretty Girl to the park every day. We get up early, because she’s still young and active – if I want a quiet day to get things done, it’s what I have to do. Usually we see cars and people. But more recently, it’s been a silent walk in the park. Only the […]
The Miracle of Rain
The miracle of rain is that it happens at all – drinking water just falls from the sky. It supports all life on this planet, and literally falls fall from the sky! That’s amazing. Yeah, I know it’s all down to evaporation and condensation, but even that’s pretty incredible. (sorry to get all sciency) The […]
Forgetting and Remembering
I find I’m forgetting a lot lately. And I’ve been thinking a lot about how to expand my memory, in part to recapture some of what I lost after the stroke. A couple of years ago, when I had a reliable memory, I wrote about Remembering and Forgetting; the difference between intending to remember, and […]
Puppy has Sharp Teeth
It’s hardly groundbreaking news for anyone who owns a puppy (or is owned by one), but they have sharp teeth. They chew rocks, and twigs, and the skulls of things they dig up in the garden. Their beds and blankets. Empty packets and bottles they find in the recycling bin. And those sharp teeth work […]
Decisions Big and Small
Lately, I’ve been finding that I’m wiped out by about lunchtime. Sometimes I get as far as mid-afternoon. I put it down to all the decisions I’m making. It’s like all the small decisions take just as much brain space as the big. I start out fine, but as the day goes on, I get […]
It’s Not All Just Dumb Luck
I admit it. In fact, I proudly declare it. I am a “bleeding heart liberal.” It’s probably because I grew up poor. The seemingly dumb luck of it. I mentioned in the dedication to Holistic Personal Finance that my mother saved the one and two cent pieces for herself. She saved the 5c for me. […]
I’m Losing My Mind (I think)
I think as well as rats (of the flying and furry kind) we are infested with mischievous pixies. Either that or I’m losing my mind. I can never find a pair of glasses when I need one, and I have about eight pairs of readers for just such an emergency. And I would swear that […]
The Cost of Money
Wealth is worth more than the cost of money. Wealth is an abundance of something, whether that’s time, money or physical wellbeing. And the relationship between them is illustrated below. I used this illustration in Holistic Personal Finance to illustrate the limitations of the cost of money. When you’re earning extra money, you generally end […]