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The Slow Return

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It’s been quite a strain over the last few days. I’m addicted to writing and the inability to hold a pen or use a keyboard has been very frustrating. It’s not been total, but I’ve had to preserve my limited abilities for work. Even using the wheel on a mouse has been enough to cause painful joints. This has been a very bad winter.

Yesterday was the first day for ages that I haven’t come home with aching joints and sat all night feeling miserable with a hot water bottle.

I’m risking a bit of typing today and will see how it goes.

Yellow flowers in need of identification

Fortunately I have been able to fire up my Kindle and read a few history books. This hs still given me a few problems. One is that the weight of the device (which is lighter and less awkward than a proper book) has still caused pain in my hands and forearms. The second is that I am finding my memory is retaining less and after reading a book I am left with little more than a general impression, rather than the detail I would once have absorbed. I’m thinking of adopting a more structured approach and making notes, almost as if I’m studying.

The good news for the day is that it only took two attempts to give  blood. I was back home by 8.40 and eating bacon sandwiches made in croissants. I then watched antique programmes until Julia started to protest and decided to take to the keyboard.  It’s good to be back, but it isn’t a full time return yet as I will have to see how my joints react.

Flowers – detail

List your top 5 grocery store items

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The title is taken from the writing prompt WP has decided to start sending me every day. That’s just what I need, more spam. You’d think that human wit could develop a system where someone with over 2,000 posts on their site, and a record of almost daily (though admittedly erratic) blogging didn’t get a writing prompt.

If it said “Write better!” 0r “Eat less!” I would accept it, but I rarely feel in need of a subject to write about. And I certainly never switch the computer on with the thought “I hope I have more spam waiting for me.” in my head.

The truth is that I have enough, including the annoying pop-up that pops up to remind me that for a reasonable sum of money I can buy something to stop annoying pop-ups.

Ironically, one of my top five grocery items is not Spam. I need bread, milk, margarine and marmalade. I’m not sure about the fifth. Beans?  Bacon? Carrots? It’s difficult to think of a shopping list without them. Cheese?

It’s not as easy as it seems. The problem is that I need them all and if you buy them, you need pickle and parsnips too.

So many groceries, so little time.

Eggs . . .

The final list is bread, bacon, beans, margarine and marmalade. I will leave the pickle alone and can cut out milk as I forgot to order tea. The five things interlock nicely and, as an additional bonus, are also awesomely alliterative.

However, I have to point out that it is not a sensible way to eat and, if you were to follow this eating regime for too long you would probably develop scurvy, an a longing for variety.

I used a picture of cake, to remind myself of the need for a varied diet.