Do you read the back of your shampoo? Do you check the instructions on your facewash, niacinamide serum, and conditioner? Do you tick “yes” on the Terms & Conditions when you know damn well you haven’t read them? We always think we know more than we know. I rarely read the product instructions. They get a quick skim when they arrive at my well-stocked doorstep … Continue reading A pea-sized amount and overconsumption.
Do you have an informed opinion? Are you sure? Do you know what an informed opinion is? Did you build your opinion from the ground up, or is it the opinion you were taught from birth? Indoctrination is a popular word these days. Did you adopt familial and cultural opinions whole cloth, or have you made revisions? Do you challenge established opinions? Not just other … Continue reading Do You Have An Informed Opinion?
I’m speaking to those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest and got our asses handed to us over the course of several long days, starting, of course, on a Monday, officially referred to as November 15, 2021. I wonder if that date will prove to be numerologically significant? If yes, I can only imagine it will translate to “sucks to be you.” That … Continue reading Where were you?
I like to look out the window at the neighbour’s lilac tree and watch the life therein. I positioned my desk well even if the “back to the door” of my chair occasionally gives me heebie-jeebies. Sometimes, life watches back: the squirrels and chickadees are infinitely curious about what’s going on behind the monitor and I swear the hummingbird wants to start something. … Continue reading Lilacs, birds, and pink-slips.
From Famine to Feast. 