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Mutterings and Musings

by ~MM~

Rated: 13+ · Book · Opinion · #2101544

Mutterings, musings and general brain flatulence.

Here be mushrooms

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

SandraLynn Team Florent!

May 12, 2021 at 9:49pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I loved Nathan Fillion as the detective novelist and crime fighter wannabe in castle. I watched the drama you'd like to be in and it can be entertaining. Why not? Crime fighting and beach time is a win-win.

QueenNormaJeanGreeneggs&vegham

May 12, 2021 at 9:27pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I must be out of the loop - I don't recognize any of the references you made. Tells you I don't watch regular TV much.

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PandaPaws Licensed VetTech

May 12, 2021 at 9:05pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I love Nathan Fillion! Have you been watching The Rookie? He is absolutely wonderful but I wonder if he would be so much of little boy in man's clothing that he would be an ass?

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Kåre Enga in Montana

May 12, 2021 at 4:23pm
In response to "Murder in the Sun"

I notice that you didn't choose to be one of the victims... If you did you could change locations every week.

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SandraLynn Team Florent!

May 11, 2021 at 8:02pm
In response to "Behold! Beards!"

Those facial hair trends have 'cool' names, too. You mentioned Hipster, but there's The Lumberjack also. Some men are known as metrosexual. The fashion comes with a moniker. Yes, who decides what is and isn't cool? Often the fads seem ridiculous.

Kåre Enga in Montana

May 11, 2021 at 7:44pm
In response to "Behold! Beards!"

I look better with a short beard but for the last year and two months it hasn't mattered. I've gone between full bush and clean shaven. When my skin acts up I shave it off. It's been 19 months without a haircut. I could chop it off and have a friend trim it but... it doesn't matter.

It's interesting how at certain stages of life everything matters. I'm not in that stage at the moment.

QPdoll

May 11, 2021 at 7:21am
In response to "Bath Books"

I have never had a Bath as opposed to a bath. I only remember a couple of times I lit candles. These days I don't have baths, just showers. But they feel pretty good, too. I like the idea of your Baths and bath books.

SandraLynn Team Florent!

May 10, 2021 at 7:43pm
In response to "Bath Books"

I'm with you, reading induces relaxation and in turn calms me down. Fairy-cake novels are too sweet for me, but I like your moniker for romances.

Kåre Enga in Montana

May 10, 2021 at 6:34pm
In response to "Bath Books"

I was the one who mentioned it and although it received some positive feedback the suggestion was not put in place. It's one of the reasons I didn't join this month's challenge and may not bother in the future. I'm tired of prompts that trigger my traumas, although I did okay in March.

I took a hot soak and turned the lights off. Very relaxing, although a scented candle would've been better.

I have to use the bathtub downstairs which has no place to place anything. I don't dare take anything other than a used paperback ...

But yes, a long deep soak with a book.

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Kåre Enga in Montana

May 9, 2021 at 10:23pm
In response to "Bring Back Latin...?!"

Latin is okay but limited (helps with Romance and Celtic languages, less with Germanic and Slavic, used in certain fields). Chinese characters are much more useful and translate well into English in ways that Latin doesn't.

The US is so fortunate to have imigrants from every corner of the world. Many mono-lingual Americans would disagree but English while useful is not an easy language.

In Taiwan many people know and speak Mandarin but I prefer to say thank-you in Hokkien (do sia) or Hakka (si mu ni).

I think and dream in Spanish. It took a long time for that to happen.

May 3, 2021 at 2:46pm

#1009584

Moorland Walk

PROMPT: What was the best thing that happened in your life over the weekend? Looking at the week ahead, what are your goals and how will you motivate yourself to achieve them?

Yesterday I met up with my cousin for the first time since Christmas (thanks Covid!). We live about two hours apart, and Bodmin moor is pretty much halfway; so we met up at a tiny little village called Minions (yeah, they even have little denim-dungaree wearing yellow dudes on the WELCOME sign now) and went for a gorgeous 4mile walk across Sowes Hill, past the Cheesewring and across to Sharptor. She bought Folly with her (best name for a dog ever imo) who thought it great fun to go gambling off over the moors.
The Cheesewring is an enormous pile of flat stones stacked (naturally) twenty feet high, with some of the slabs thirty-odd feet wide. It's named after a type of cheese-press, although you could easily argue it also looks like a pile of cheese wheels. Legend has it Saint Tue and a giant named Uther had a rock throwing contest, but more prosaic evidence suggests that its existence is more likely due to weathering. Given the lashing rain and howling wind we are experiencing today (unlike yesterday's fabulous sunshine), I'm not ruling out either argument.Our little hike was followed by a brilliant little picnic near the car park and a well overdue natter (complete with passing over her birthday presents, having wrapped them so long ago, I'd forgotten what I'd bought her!).

Eventually (prompted more by needing a loo-stop than anything else) we headed off to my aunt's house were we sat in the garden chatting with her and my uncle until Aunt brought out a brilliant little afternoon tea; sandwiches, Cornish heavy cake (instead of scones) with strawberry jam and cream, dates, slices of Bakewell tart and brownie, and tiny little cheesecake bombs.
Best Beloved was working, so hadn't come up with me, so Uncle was adamant that anything that wasn't immediately eaten was taken inside before it 'curled up in the heat' for BB when I got home. Aunt then raided her garage for whatever homemade goodies she could find for Cousin and I to take home. I think between us, Cousin and I took home about ten jars of jam, curd, and chutneys. Not a bad little haul really

Oh, and I've just let BB cut my hair (really can't be bothered to wait another I-don't-know-how-many-weeks for just a trim at the hairdressers), so as far as goals go, keep from rolling my eyes every time someone 'compliments' me on my hair cut this week....

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