Tagged: beinglizardek

11
Jul
2026

3 THINGS

3 things I’m enjoying right now: Our own produce, including cherries, cucumbers, potatoes, and tiny baby carrots Sunny summery days that so far have not been too hot (except once) Re-reading old sci-fi and fantasy favorites 3 things I am thinking about rather too much of the time: Aging My weight Work, when I’m off The last 3 really good NEW books I read recently: The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor 3 recent addictions: Anton Berg’s Dark Chocolate Sea Salt bars Chewy strawberry balls Fresh fruit 3 things on...

11
Jun
2026

SPRINGING INTO SUMMER

Spring has whirled into summer without my permission. We’ve been so busy that I have scarcely had time to catch my breath! And here it is, the 11 of June, and this is my first post this month. To be fair, Anders and I left on May 30 for our roadtrip to Normandy, the day after John and family went the other direction, north a couple of hours in Sweden. We were gone for 9 days, down and up again, and I’ll write some posts about the trip later this weekend (or tomorrow, if I get really motivated). So weird...

10
May
2026

ZOOMING FORWARD

I may have to do some rethinking about my new year’s challenge of writing a letter a month. I’ve been struggling to decide who to write to for May. I wrote a short list of people (that haven’t already received a letter), and it made me realize how little contact I have with old friends and relatives these days. Social media just doesn’t cut it. Friendships that I once would have said were solid have become tattered and unraveled over the many years. In some cases, I haven’t seen a friend except once or twice since we moved to Sweden,...

24
Apr
2026

PUZZLING BEHAVIOR

March and April will apparently be very bare of blog posts, the way things are going. If I don’t give myself a good kick in the butt as it’s already April 24th and the end of the month is LOOMING. I’ve been so busy with work and coming home completely drained every day, with zero motivation or energy (no thanks to jetlag last week either), and not wanting to sit at the computer after a full day of sitting at the computer, because my neck and shoulder are starting to hurt, and by the time I get home I just...

08
Mar
2026

PARTY PALACE POST-PIE PONDERINGS

Our house is such a perfect party palace! Pie Night was another smash success, and this year all 26 attendees were on time and we had the perfect division of dinner pies and dessert pies. For dinner we had brie and mushroom pie, sauerkraut and sausage pie, spinach and broccoli quiche, gluten-free shepherds pie, 2 taco pajs, cheese empanadas and chili beef empanadas, and tuna plait. One family also brought a spinach salad and carrot and celery sticks. For dessert we had 2 fruit pizzas, 2 blueberry pies (one gluten-free), key lime pie (also gluten-free), boston creme pie, berry crumble,...

06
Mar
2026

THINKING OF SPRING AND PREPARING FOR PIE

I’ve thought about writing nearly every day of this month that we are already a week into, and even sat in front of the computer with the tab open to the blog admin page, but ultimately walked away without a post. I’ve got so much going on in every sphere of my life right now. It’s crazy time! Work has been nutso (as per usual; when is it not?) and I’ve had things to do in the evenings and on the weekends, and a mile-long to-do list in my head as well. Tomorrow is Pie Night and I have the...

28
Feb
2026

POOF! THERE IT GOES!

Time is so slippery and real life so intrusive. When am I supposed to find time to update my sad little blog that no one reads anyway? Commencing blog pity party. I’ve been so busy that I just haven’t had time to sit down and write, and so much going on that takes priority over blathering here. And tomorrow is MARCH! Anders and I finally started actual planning for our anniversary trip to Normandy. We’ve plotted out the routes to take for the week, including charging stations and time needed. It’s a LOT of long driving days, but since we...

16
Feb
2026

THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A FRIEND IS TO BE ONE*

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. All the different kinds that I’ve been privileged to be a part of and those that have stayed and those that have disappeared and why. I think my delight in landing on writing a letter a month for 2026 was partly fueled by a need to reach out to friends that I feel distant from and, probably, remind them that I exist. Even if I say I don’t expect an answer or a letter back, I’d still like to think that my reaching out might awaken an answering call in people that...

14
Feb
2026

LAZY, BUSY, WORRIED, CHILLY

I was so lazy most of yesterday…had the day off and really needed it, apparently. I didn’t sleep in, but I basically didn’t do anything of use the entire day until I had to leave for dinner at Camilla’s with her and Debbie. So it was a day full of leisure: reading, playing iPad games, working on a crossword puzzle AND a jigsaw puzzle, watching the birds, having breakfast and lunch. I stayed in my pajamas until well into the afternoon. I thought about working in the morning but I managed to restrain myself. 🙂 Today, I made up for...

03
Feb
2026

THERE, THEN BACK, THEN UP, THEN DOWN

What a mixed bag of a day. I got up earlier than normal but didn’t stress out about getting ready as I knew I’d need to let my morning bathroom routine take precedence as I did not want to be worrying about finding a restroom on my way to Malmö in rush hour traffic. I got disentangled from the sleep apnea test equipment (went fine, no problems, as far as I know, though we’ll see what the results say), showered, and left the house at 7:30 AM confident that 2 toilet visits would see me through. Wrong. Almost to the...

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