Photo by me, taken yesterday, while enjoying a walk in the park :)

(photo by me)

(photo by me)

You know, I would have tought, after eight depression-free months, that my life would become more peaceful. And it has, in some ways. However, I've begun to have nightmares - pretty often, too. Hardly

Hello, people. I'm having an epiphany - at the beautiful age of almost 42. I feel a huge load getting off my soul, simply because I've come to realize, truly realize - it's all in my head. I generate my

I'm beyond visually annoyed by all those posts about ways to achieve perfect parenting / perfect relationships / perfect ... you name it, it's out there in the social media. Somebody has the perfect answer

Welcome to my new life - my daughter is inexorably becoming a pain in the ass. Um, no. A teen. She's becoming a teen. My beautiful daughter has recently turned ten. She's rapidly going through changes

So, I spent all yesterday reading "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes. I've felt a little lost the last few days, however I was quite succesfully seeing the good side of things in my life. As I was

Well, hello there, people. Long time, no see. I've been busy living. I'm not going to rehash the topics of my past blogs. I will simply say I have been busy getting from my dark side to a balanced view

Because winter is a bit harsh this year, I thought I'd put bread crumbs and corn flour on my balcony for the birds to find something to eat. A few sparrows gave me that idea, to tell the truth. They flew

Autonomous self-healing ionic conductor technology can repair damage within 24 hours. The self-healing polymer uses ion-dipole electrical interactions to active the transparent artificial muscles. It's

The Christmas Truce is when British, French and German WWI soldiers crossed their dug-in trenches to share gifts, conversation, and even a game of football (soccer) in some cases. I watched a short, yet

Many humans only seem to be able to handle Freedom, that does not offend them personally.   I just did a post on being offended, but it seems that some are offended by: Adult Content Not making comments?

Don’t call it a comeback! I’ve been here for... Months? That’s right, Steemit community – @robinhoodwhale is making a comeback! The RHW team is planning to relaunch within the next week and we’re looking

"Live your own life, for you will die your own death..." -- Latin Proverb THEY SAY... Born to this world full of so much light, never expecting -- it could be such a fight. The moment you arrived

About two weeks ago I bumped into an article - a translation, actually, by Moise Guran, a well known local economist, of an article written by Tobias Stone, published in Huffington Post. If any of you

... Saint Nick is coming tonight and my daughter has been pretty excited about it the past couple of days. Not only she kept her boots very clean, she also made sure a gift bag was at the ready, in case

Okay, I'm not in the habit of posting several times a day - it should be obvious by now. However, I have some questions and there's no forum at the moment. So... here comes my second post today. I've read

This is Theo, our mutt. Indefinite breed, as you can see.  I got him from a lady who had taken him off the streets, but couldn't keep him. My daughter had pestered me for about a year to get a dog,