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Comments (4)Vee, November used to be my worst month when I was on my overlong stay in the UK, 1990-2003. It was supposed to be a year's sabbatical but my husband found all kinds of interesting work so we stayed on and on... I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder and need a lot of light to counteract it. Not helpful to have night fall about 4.30pm when the clocks go back either. It isn't that sunny in Perth at present considering Summer will soon be here. We get a day of good weather then back to dullness, wind and sometimes rain. At least we aren't under thick snow as I see in some parts of the US, on our TV news. I recall we had a discussion about Greasy Joan as I visualised her cleaning the pots but the word "keel" has been translated as "cool". As the poem is about how cold it is, I don't like that at all and prefer my vision of her. A hefty woman with strong muscular arms, wrapped in a vast sacking apron....See MoreVacation with teens - where to go, what to do?
Comments (67)The nothern Ca coast is perfect for a road trip, with many sights along the way. To make it easy on yourself, fly into the small Santa Barbara airport(if possible), and rent a car from there. Santa Barbara itself is a lovely, wonderful, bustling little village with plenty of shops, great food, the pier, and of course the magnificent beach! Oh, and USB is right on the ocean. You'll only be about an hour(a gorgeoous drive!)from San Simeon where Hearst Castle is located, but you would need to book your tours online beforehand~we dId two, one after the other, but don't recall which. I swear the views from the estate are a look into heaven! You will also be close to San Luis Obispo, a great little village with a ban of fast food chains. There's a tree~lined street you can't miss, which is reminiscent of a scene out of Gone With the Wind with the mighty Oaks and also the college with it's gorgeous grounds. I can't remember how far you will be from Solvang, but it's a short drive and well worth seeing this bit of Sweden-in-America! Monticeido and Summerland, are other small villages worthy of a bit of time, and close to each other. As an aside, i'm also somewhat of a 'food snob' and was happy to learn the majority of the small restaurants along the way have their own organic gardens and if not, the produce is bought locally from organic farmers/farmers markets. It's definitely a trip i'm planning to do again, and will take in Monterey and Carmel, possibly as far as San Fran/Sausilito. As for San Diego, I lived there for 27 years before moving to Austin, and it can get crazy on the freeways. Parking places at the beach are rare, restaurants can be a 2 hour wait, and if there's a baseball game, traffic can be at a standstill in every direction. The Del Mar Fair is in late June ending on July 4th, but two weeks later horse racing season starts~all this creates more traffic, etc in SD. Just a heads up, as it can become frustrating(and overwhelming!)and may be more than you bargained for. Just something to keep in mind if you plan a visit. Looking forward to your decision. You've been given some great ideas!...See MoreOT: how old are you?
Comments (56)Good thread. As confirmed many times above, there's no shame in growing older. I'm 72. My mother died two weeks after her 38th birthday, and I've long been aware that every year--every day--is a gift. My role model for aging was a woman named Emilie, whom I met when I was 30 and she was 85. Cataracts prevented her from driving, so she hitchhiked to work at the library every day. She had six sons, and lost her only daughter to pneumonia when the baby was 18 months old. She said, "If I could survive that, I can survive anything." In her 80s, she gave up housekeeping (her daughters-in-law "mucked out" occasionally) and enjoyed her garden, baking, and listening to whale song records. When I met Emilie, my first child had just been born, and we became close friends. I don't hitchhike and I do my own mucking out, but I hope I have Emilie's youthful spirit. These days, my three best friends are aged 62, 66, and 86. I also have several friends in their 30s whom I see on a regular basis. My son has said about them, "They can't be your friends--they're my age!" :-) I grew up in NYC, but have lived for the past 40 years on an old farm out in the country in Pennsylvania. My husband died in 2005 after suffering with dementia for 10 years. My middle daughter died in 2001. I'm happy to say my surviving children live near me. My daughter and her family live on a lake 17 miles away, and my son and his family built their house within sight of my own. I have a 24-year-old granddaughter and two grandsons, ages 4 and 22 months. Family health history is a hot topic with me, and I've brought up the subject so many times my children probably tuned me out long ago. I've written down much of it so that some day they'll have it if they need it. I grew up knowing that "all the women" in my mother's family died young. I wish I had more details on that, but I know my mother's mother died of a heart attack in her early 40s. My mom died from cleaning a rug with carbon tetrachloride. One of my first cousins died of a heart attack at 49, and her sister had unexplained liver failure in her early 60s. When I head my DNA tested I learned that my liver is more susceptible to damage than most, and I also learned I have a gene mutation that impairs the processing and elimination of toxins. I suspect this is why I have a serious reaction to foods containing solanine (tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, etc.), as solanine is a poison. It is present in foods in a small enough quantity not to be a problem to most people. I wonder if this is why my mom died from breathing toxic fumes (chlorinated hydrocarbons). Carbon tet made a lot of people sick, which is why it's off the market, but I don't know how many it killed. On my father's side, we have lots and lots of heart disease and diabetes. In fact, just last night one of my cousins in Germany sent me a copy of my great-grandmother's death certificate. Yes, heart disease and diabetes. Her son, my grandfather, died of a heart attack at 61, and one of her grandchildren lost a foot to diabetes. I've told the story at the KT before about how my dad had such blocked arteries in his 40s that he couldn't walk up a subway ramp without taking nitroglycerine. He wasn't overweight, but he smoked and had high cholesterol. A doctor, clearly ahead of his time, told him to quit smoking and stop eating saturated fats. So my dad gave up cigarettes, ice cream, cheese, sausage, and on and on, and completely reversed the condition. He lived to be 90. I've inherited his "fat clearing genes"--which don't do a very good job of clearing--as well as blood sugar issues. I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic at 22. My diet is limited, and can be a royal nuisance when dining at friends' homes, but I've staved off these two family curses, and am pleased to say I require no meds. Now, if I could just get rid of all the ticks on my property, I might have some energy and stamina. :-)...See MoreOT: help with book plot - "snaggy" plant for balcony?
Comments (28)Thank you everybody again! I think I will go with a small climbing rose after all. I really need something that everyone (non-gardener as well) would be familiar with and be able to picture and roses are great for that. (And hey - I learnt something too: lots of people grow roses in pots and there are small/miniature climbing roses!!) Thanks, Bart, for that fantastic list! I don't know if I need to give too much detail of the rose cultivar (if you give too many details or dwell too long on the description of something, it alerts the reader too much, unless you can provide an alternative reason for the detail, ie, misdirection) - I think for the general reading public, I can just say "climbing rose" - but it's good to have the information for myself, as "insurance" - so that if any reader does email and question the authenticity (trust me, there's always one!! ;-) ) - then I have the information to back up my choice. So thank you for all the names & info! suncoastflowers - a bougainvillea would have been perfect, except that this is Vienna and I doubt they have bougainvilleas growing successfully there? From my understanding, they're a hot climate plant. I notice that mine go dormant in winter here and it's not even that cold in Perth. But yes - I was thinking a climbing rose trained along the balcony railing would be perfect! :-) Jin - sure, I'll let you know. Thanks for your interest! :-) I'm hoping to finish the manuscript by this weekend and get it to my editor for next week... Thanks again! ~ HY ps. oh - just thought this was interesting to share: I posted this question also on my Facebook Author page as I hoped there might be some fans living in Austria/Germany who could weigh in and a few did. And one thing that came up multiple times was "heather"! So interesting what people grow in different countries, isn't it? I would never have thought of people growing heather as a pot plant in an inner city... to me, it's the kind of plant that grows wild in the Scottish countryside or something! :-)...See Moreplllog
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