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Several months ago my brother, whose wife breeds bantams , thought it would be nice if we had a chicken so he delivered, while we were out, two bantam roosters. Now, I know this much...roosters don't...

I watch a lot of pay tv and I am SICK SICK SICK of ads for ancestry.com; incredibly comfortable bras (5 for the price of one); any fat blasting super food; and all the must have insurance...

Ann Romney, Newt Gingrich's second wife, Michelle Obama's dad... seems that there is a spate of sufferers.. here, I just read yesterday that one of our fairly well known authors, Gillian Mears, has...

Haven't written here in such a long time. It isn't  because nothing happens !Yesterday I foung an interesting article in wikipedia about Freud and a condition which he called Conversion Disorder....

I'm doing well on the walking machine (treadmill) and I'm up to 30 min a day ( not all at once - just in 10 min burstsThe beauty of it is that I can watch tv while I'm walking so I hardly notice the...

Because I have been unable to tackle the hilly walk to the main road for awhile I decided to invest in a walking machine.I've decided to rent at first to see if I can sustain the effort so I...

This week my Darlin and I went to his Mum's funeral. She died four months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.The funeral was so disappointing. The priest got her name wrong several times...

What I am doing..... looking for pig jokes stop watching FOX NEWS having pork chops for tea Pig Joke:A chicken and a pig are standing on the side of the road. The chicken says to the pig'Don't...

Sunday - my Darlin discovered that he has had a poem published by a newspaper. He is only a dabbler - calls himself a 'wordsmith' rather than a poet - but this was really nice news. Monday - an...

Ergh.....last night I spent about six hours in the grip of the dreaded MS hug.I've had it a few times before so i've learned that waiting it out is the only option.I did tell my partner early in case...

 Lately I have been experiencing some major discomfort in my legs, especiallly at night. I found this poem which is trully a lesson in life for everyone. "The Train of Life" [ Author Unknown ]...

I live on the north coast of NSW - an area just declared a natural disaster area due to massive flooding.We are fine as we live up in the hills and apart from a slow trip into town due to some road...

Yesterday I turned 55. Wow, just amazing......well, I reckon so! I started the day with a pedicure and leg massage. Does feel great even though it does squat for my MSerable feet. In the afternoon...

Geographically we are about midway between the flood in the north of the country and the bushfires in the south. At present we have had torrential rain for five days. Nothing in the way of floods...

What I always forget is that life is such a changeable thing. Those  seemingly insurmountable problems have a habit of morphing into something manageable or occasionally far worse...