Set a life THEME, rather than a goal.
Author: Kath Thompson
Writer, yoga teacher, lover of sunny days, long walks, good coffee, and stimulating conversations.
How To Watch Birds With An iPhone
Wood Thrush Get the Merlin Bird app! Seriously, this app for both IOS and Android from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a game-changer for identifying birds in your yard on hikes. If you’re like me, you always see or hear the most interesting birds when you don’t have your binoculars with you. In fact, … Continue reading How To Watch Birds With An iPhone
I’m Loving the “Picture This” App on my iPhone
The Dame’s Rockets are now giving way to the Multiflora Rose bushes. I love these prickly shrubs so much! Their smell is intoxicating and it fills the air just when I’m starting to mourn the fading of my beloved Dame’s Rockets. I can smell them even before I can see them. Around here they are … Continue reading I’m Loving the “Picture This” App on my iPhone
The Week In Review: June 6 -11. 2022
Inspired by Emily always inspires me. Today she turned me onto a Food blogger and Instagrammer who goes by alexandracooks. https://alexandracooks.com/ We’re both trying to skew more toward vegetarianism in our eating, and this blogger like veggies. And bread. I hope this will inspire me to start cooking again. Watching I’m still watching Succession, but … Continue reading The Week In Review: June 6 -11. 2022
My Hearing Aid Journey Is Over
Nope. So, my hearing aid journey is over. It didn’t work out. Despite being so optimistic these CICs would work and being prepared to get used to them even if they were annoying at first, they just didn’t fit. My ear canals are too small. This is precisely the “wad of silly putty” look that … Continue reading My Hearing Aid Journey Is Over
Hearing Aids and My Favorite Martian
So. Hearing aids tomorrow. I spent a a good three hours today researching the hearing aids I’m getting. They are Starkey Evolv AI CICs Starkey Evolv AI CIC hearing aid They get great reviews except for their Bluetooth connectivity. People complain it goes out a lot. Dammit. This is bad news, because all I really … Continue reading Hearing Aids and My Favorite Martian
Why Live Yoga Zooms Are Great
I must say I am happy with the attendance at the Live Yoga Zooms. Wisconsin! Florida! Alabama! Tioga! Wellsboro! Oregon! Hey! How’s it going! Let’s start in Child’s pose, shall we? But I also think lots more people need to rethink Yoga Live Zooms. Zoom Fatigue Is Over Look. Nobody has Zoom fatigue anymore. Most … Continue reading Why Live Yoga Zooms Are Great
The 48 Laws of Power
I got up and walked the dogs, came home, and made a collagen smoothie with flax seeds and chia seeds. Wrote 2K words in Scrivener hoping to hit upon something, anything to post here today. But came up with nothing. Started reading The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. Law 1 is: Never Outshine … Continue reading The 48 Laws of Power
Taking the Dog’s Walk
Stella When you walk a dog, you have to take the dog’s walk. It’s only right. If by accident you get a little workout, too, that’s fine, but it should be the dog’s walk. Dogs like to stop and sniff things. For a long time. They check their P-mail at poles, trees, and other important-only-to-them … Continue reading Taking the Dog’s Walk
The Weekly Check-In
There’s a blogger I follow who writes under the name of Shutterbean. Www.shutterbean.com She calls herself, “a food stylist and photographer based in the SF Bay area.” Emily turned me on to her. Among other things, she has a list of prompts you can fill in and then use to track certain things month by … Continue reading The Weekly Check-In
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