To be honest, I have no idea whether or not it will last... I may just gradually settle back towards where I was before. In some strange way, I feel a bit like a cat who carried a giant hairball around

Hi @cuddlekitten, always nice to see you here.

There are lots of flowers in the world, but we can't say for sure that any of them are yellow.

Hi there @buttonn, thanks for the thoughtful comment! At a somewhat later point in life I also got good investing advice from my elderly auntie; she was "self-made" and a keen stock market investor.

Yes, it's quite hard to live in that "survival state" all the time... among other things because it leaves you feeling like you have few options, regardless of how well-intentioned you may be,

My dad definitely had his moments, although he was not always so good at "walking his talk," often leaning towards gambling — both at the casino, and in high risk commodities derivatives.

Yeah, the rules are wiped, allright. Color my cynical, but it seems like "work hard and get ahead" has been replaced by "cheat and scheme to get ahead."

Can you write? In the end, that's pretty much what matters. Inspiration is everywhere, and it doesn't care whether you're using a keyboard, a no. 2 pencil or a fancy fountain pen. I'm so glad you're writing

That's definitely a very wise piece of advice. I've seen lots of people end up in a heap of hurt because they were living well beyond their means, and they kept believing that "it would work out,

Dude, indeed! Somehow, these goal-posts give me something to look at, when I start to feel like I've forgotten what I was supposed to be trying to do... Doesn't mean they are actually effective, but at

I just think it's cool as hell that you have one of those early copies of Cosmic Trigger. Of course, it's also pretty cool that you called RAW to let him know he wasn't dead. I'm sure that was just the

You know what... we should do that! It would be fun... maybe after our young guest leaves!

I think you're right @joanstewart, the first animal in space was a dog, not a cat — USSR, as I recall. Laika, I think — I vaguely remember having an old Russian stamp with the space dog. I guess the Space

Got me there — well done @jaynie! But it sure does feel like so much is... shrinking into itself. Except maybe for people's increasingly pervasive ability to be outraged at pretty much everything from

I ran into quite a few of them today at the market, while standing in line to get my grocery bits and then get out and go back home where the insanity level is a little lower...

I ran into quite a few of them today at the market, while standing in line to get my grocery bits and then get out and go back home where the insanity level is a little lower...

I ran into quite a few of them today at the market, while standing in line to get my grocery bits and then get out and go back home where the insanity level is a little lower...

Ah yes, those daze in Amsterdam... I always liked vision boards... I created one at several HSP retreats, going back to 2002. Always seem to involve cats, beaches and serene natural vistas.

And what a very fine circus it was!

I think we have pretty much tried on some version of "inclusiveness" for almost any and every occasion. Earlier today, I ran across a blog post by someone losing over the use of the term Latinx.