R's rue

from Going Gently https://disasterfilm.blogspot.com/2023/01/he-used-to-be-mine.html

 ALCOHOL - TWO There's so much one might say about alcohol. The subject can be approached in different ways. For example, one could address it coldly like an academic, supplying bald facts and figures or one could dramatise it - deliberately stoking emotional reaction like a storyteller. However, I want to start this blogpost by asking a simple question: Why do people drink alcohol? Leaving aside the fact that there are many countries in this world where drinking alcoholic beverages is very uncommon, I think there are six principal  reasons why drinking alcohol is quite common in The West. Enjoyment of it may be inherited from previous generations of one's family. We may have grown up with it - observing role models consuming it and so it seems natural to make the step up. Advertising and sponsorship by alcohol brands can be very hard to ignore. It is meant to be persuasive and it works. The notion that it is cool to drink is put about and it figures in films as we...

 Some days It’s a struggle To be light And love It’s the way I know  To get out Self-pity So I will smile And be the blessing He’s made me To be from R's rue https://ift.tt/UeHVui7

  I took the iris and lilies my sister donated to the TCA down to the pond this morning and submerged them in a space I found beyond the little jetty.  I checked with Nick who was one of the TCA  that spearheaded the pond if I had done ok then came back home to shower all of the dogs, all of whom had acquired a real doggy pong. Not surprisingly it was taking a neighbour to Dyserth for a doctor appointment that sealed their showers, the neighbour opened the passenger door window and poked a nose through when they thought I wasn’t looking. I’ve been washing bedding and throws all morning. Tuesdays , I’m in college 6pm until 9 but will get the library early to catch up on my workbooks and journal. I’m tired, as my rhythms  are all out after nights  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/Z6f9k7J