Category: life

adulting

Isolation Diary II: When Adulting Is Hard

Have you had days during this social isolation thing when adulting was hard? When you wish that someone else would be the adult in the room?

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coping with Covid-19

Wobbly Weekend

I had a wobbly weekend, my friends. Felt a bit of isolation anxiety. But like those toys from the seventies, I wobbled, but I didn’t fall down.

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coping with Covid-19

Our Isolation Diary

What’s your “Isolation Diary” look like? Have you fallen into a rhythm. We have. And it’s a rhythm that I find very comforting.

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afternoon tea at the Chateau Laurier

Our Fictional Afternoon Tea Party

We’ve been to a fictional afternoon tea party, today. We’ve shared good food and drink, great conversation, and lots of laughter. Just what we all needed.

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books

Cheese Scones and Gentle Reading

There’s nothing like a little gentle reading to help us cope with all this pandemic stuff. Gentle reading and cheese scones. Works for me.

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handling social distancing

On Cooking and Being a Sue Chef

In these days of social distancing, we’re talking a lot about food at our house. Deciding what we want to eat, cooking it, then talking about it afterward.

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blogging

On Ethics… and Blogging

I’m thinking about ethics and blogging this week. Whether monetising my blog fits with my fashion philosophy. And my espousing the idea of slow fashion.

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being a cat person

Love Me, Love My Cat

I’ve always been a cat person. When I met my husband, that fact that he had two cats pleased me no end. Love me, love my cats. No problem.

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life

Valentine’s Humbug

This year, because we both have colds, we said “bah humbug” to Valentine’s Day. But such was not always the case, my friends.

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blogging

Investing in Ourselves

This week, I’m learning all about “investing” in myself and being open to the richness of life. And it’s something I’ve been doing for years. Who knew?

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