Which topics would you like to be more informed about? I like trivia. I have decades of being a huge Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy nerd under my belthyttt. My knowledge was vast, but pretty superficial outside my concentration. General information was my territory. Once upon a time, my hippocampus was on top of its game.Continue reading “Cat Lady Post – Cat Care, Birding, and Amateur Geology”
Category Archives: small life musings
Reunite Me with a Book – The Mozart Season
What would your life be like without music? I’m no virtuoso. I learned piano for three years and still take forever to read notes or coordinate my fingers with what I’m reading. Despite my lack of talent, I adore music. I consider it integral to life. In fact, I love it so much that IContinue reading “Reunite Me with a Book – The Mozart Season”
From Over-the-top to Bare Minimum
How do you celebrate holidays? It really depends on which holiday it is. Understandably, some holidays get more attention than others. When the kids were younger, I wanted to make everything more special for them, give them pleasant experiences and memories, establish precious traditions for them… Well, I’ve learned that when they’re little, you haveContinue reading “From Over-the-top to Bare Minimum”
Disaster in the Kitchen
Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. I didn’t know the first thing about cooking when I got married. I knew how to use a rice cooker and a microwave, but I was scared of the stove, especially of frying. Don’t even get me started on the oven. It was on a wholeContinue reading “Disaster in the Kitchen”
Late 20th Century Bizarre Cozy
My tastes are simple. Maybe they’re a little odd, but simple. I have no use for grand mansions (unless it’s my ancestral home, in which case, I’m also all about legacy, so, yeah, give it to my care along with the funds to maintain it) or high-end apartments with a stunning view of the cityContinue reading “Late 20th Century Bizarre Cozy”
Cat Lady Post: A Season Of Goodbyes
The past few weeks have been rather painful. They consisted of goodbyes in one form or another. Let me start with Rocky. Rocky was the runt of her litter, a minuscule calico who was so scrappy that I firmly believed she would beat the odds. She survived for almost two months before she took ill.Continue reading “Cat Lady Post: A Season Of Goodbyes”
Ten of My Fave Movies
What are your top ten favorite movies? Off the top of my head, these are ten of the movies I love. Give me a cozy day, and I’ll be popping one of these in the VCR (except I don’t have one anymore, not even a DVD player – that just depressed the heck out ofContinue reading “Ten of My Fave Movies”
Small-town City
What do you love about where you live? I live in a small city at the edge of the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Even though it’s part of Metropolitan Manila, it still retains the charms of its small town past. The founding clans are still present and active. They are also kith and/orContinue reading “Small-town City”
Coconut Flour Cookie Conundrum
So I’ve been making a half-hearted effort to go gluten-free. I’m trying to see if this will have any impact on our health and behavior. Not with the half-pantsed attempts of course, but once I’m finally doing it right. I do get into things in fits and starts. I’m just trying to build momentum andContinue reading “Coconut Flour Cookie Conundrum”
Captain Plan It
How do you plan your goals? Did you watch this cartoon back in the ‘90s? Were you already around in the ‘90s?😂 Anyway, I’ve never been the wing-it kind of person. I’ve had to train myself to be more spontaneous or, more accurately, not to freak out when presented with a last-minute anything. I onlyContinue reading “Captain Plan It”
This Small Life 