A Good List

It has been four weeks today, since Attila announced the end of our marriage, the emotional aspect of our marriage, but not the legal, not yet, that is in a holding pattern. What a ride. So far a fairly workable holding pattern has been established, where we live separate lives, interacting with increasingly few of… Continue reading A Good List

Spectacularly Unspectacular

Easter weekend was very kind to us this year. We decided to stay home and work on the yard and house, because in a few short weeks we won’t be spending our weekends at home, we will be at the Rideau Camp. On Friday, the day Attila had off work, he raked the entire yard,… Continue reading Spectacularly Unspectacular

Ripples

I have been thinking today about my own perspective of the world. Sometimes I think the past is rosier because it is safely tucked away in memory. It is no longer subject to speculation, hope, expectation, or fear. The only part of it that can be altered is how we remember it. There are periods… Continue reading Ripples

Christmas Celebrations

I decided to try discontinuing my high blood pressure medication altogether, after successfully reducing the dosage back to the original low dosage I had been taking. Within 24 hours my blood pressure had skyrocketed. So I decided that the medication was working to a limited and inadequate degree, and that I would be better off… Continue reading Christmas Celebrations