A sunny morning! It was cold last night, a low of around -7C, which is not cold for February, but seems cold at the end of March. Not to worry, the sun is shining this morning, and all that snow we got yesterday evening is melting, melting, melting. A sunshiny day brings some harbingers of… Continue reading March

Dreams are interesting. I seldom, almost never, remember dreaming, or a dream. But this morning I remembered that I had dreamt, and what I had dreamt about. In my dream I was walking around in an institutional building, full of office people. The office people were being transformed one by one into zombies, by a… Continue reading Dreaming

Attila returned to work late last week. The first day back was a day of transition for all of us. Most challenging for Attila to be sure. Ginger and I felt the change to a lessor, but significant degree. Ginger had spent several weeks basking in Attila’s attentions, which included frequent belly rubs. Ginger is… Continue reading March

Attila is healing nicely, although the site of the surgery (his eyeball) looks raw still. His sight has returned, to above his normal, which was expected, and he experiences only a little discomfort now. Soon he will be back at work, and will be missed here at Mist Cottage! Having Attila at home is a… Continue reading Back to the Bustle

As time goes by the scale of technology changes, and I edge closer towards Luddism in the overall scheme of things. We don’t do smart phones, and that alone leaves us behind much of the quick and easy (and risky) digital world. Learning new ways of doing things is all the more stressful when you… Continue reading Old Dog, New Tricks