I was at the complementary health centre today getting my misbehaving hands and shoulder seen to, and arrived early.  Therefore, being English, I discussed the weather with the receptionist. (There has been a great deal of weather of all different kinds, none of them lasting more than 10 minutes at any one time).  She said that once she heard an ( Read more... )

Does anyone know of a mush/mud client (heck, even a telnet client) that can be used with Dragon Naturally Speaking?

Yesterday was Candlemas. It was fair and bright - it was glorious - so winter will have another flight. Well, we've maybe had a week or so of winter, sometime before Christmas, so that seems only fair ( Read more... )

I preached. It went OK; people seemed to be listening, which is always good. I found I was a lot more self-conscious having done the preaching training course, which wasn't really what I wanted to achieve, but it was only the first time since, so hopefully that will get back under control ( Read more... )

Today, for the first time this winter, a smattering of snow! Well, I'm told technically it snowed yesterday for approximately 30 seconds, but I don't think that counts. It's hanging around pretty well considering how little there is, so I guess I should go out today and figure out what in the garden needs a fleece cozy. I should also look out the ( Read more... )

Today is a Very Special Day. After just over a year of being a non-working person due to having been fired twice for being ill all the time while in an initial probationary period, I today submitted two job applications. Since New Year's I have been back to the hospital migraine clinic and declared free to look for work part time, and my GP ( ( Read more... )

I own't mention That Word, since it's not That Month yet, but I am readying my Amazon order so as to get my mother's birthday present into the same package. For those of you with small persons to buy for (up to maybe 6ish), I have found a wonderful book that everyone should have! Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is wildly funny. Of course, it ( Read more... )

Wind and rain! Well, wind and some rain. Enough to give me an excuse for baking ( Read more... )

It is so mild! Sixteen degrees out yesterday (centigrade, for those of you who think that sounds cold). I have anemones which have just started flowering in a tub left over from late spring (they're supposed to flower in May-June, and they did). I've seen eight inch tall daffodil leaves. The tomatoes are still ripening and the cucumbers still ( Read more... )

Writing a sermon is odd. Administering communion to yourself is freaking bizarre. Administering communion to the priest is really freaking bizarre. Delivering a sermon is petrifying. I survived. Now I will write an essay.