Oh yeah and I think initially there's sympathy as normally one aligns oneself with a narrator as you have access to their psyche. In this case though she never redeems herself, but gets worse!

No even with a cowboy? He he. The whole tradwife thing is fine, if it's truly the women's choice I suppose. I never quite believe it is. Plus I think it's dangerous to peddle it to others.

I don't want to write in the style of Dickens and read a work like that. Dickens is Dickens because of his context and history and human lived experience. Anything else is mimicking idiocy. Same goes for

I don't think there's an issue here. AI has use cases that are ethical, and ones that aren't. Practical use cases, and ones that take something away from our core humanity. Code away, but create a song

If it comes down to this place mainly being AI I'm out. Not that I matter as an individual but I wonder how many of us will leave collectively. All community owners SHOULD specify no AI and do best to

Mark my words, I'm sure they'll make it into one ...

One thing permanent about life is that it is always changing - that's okay. It can just be a jarring realisation, I guess, or a discombulating thought: The 'I' is different.

Hello there! Nice to see you. I think sometimes we just have to go for the plants that work, and give up on the ones that don't. Especially in extreme weather, right? For some reason echinacea never works

Sun and company - you captured the cheerful vibe of the day really nicely. It's impressive they tidied up after themselves! Are you feeling better as a whole this week? Oh, and sleeping in? Forgot what

Thanks for the review - whilst I've read some Dosteyesky, I'm not willing to read more. I always find them too depressing, and given you have described it a black hole, I'll probably steer away. However,

Anyone who is playing the blame game doesn't have the intelligence to look at the percieved problems differently and to be part of the solution moving forward. It's the same for any blame game - for example,

Things are just ridiculously expensive. Yes, and that seems to give people the licence to charge more because they too are paying more and wages haven't increased. Like the girl I see for massage, who

It's a very odd feeling, to think upon it.

That looks delicious. I used to do cabbage rolls with green lentils and mushrooms, and a tomato sauce as well. So good. Thanks for the reminder.

Yes but remember that Facebook always knew that to divide people and generate outrage was a great business model which has created this insane feed of trolls, bots and the unhappy. It influences politics

Aw I love that photo so much. He looks so happy. How nice to remember him that way. How lucky you were to know him xx

I am lucky. I do know it.

There's always next week...

They are so sweet. I will never get over seeing them hop up my street daily or munch grass in my front garden!

don't think I'll ever get over the magic of growing things I can eat Yeah absolutely agree!! It's wild!