Check engine light
My truck produced a lovely indicator a few weeks ago showing a picture of what could be interpreted as an engine. In this context, this indicator is know as the…
A spa in the snow
Irene and I enjoy our spa pretty much daily. In the winter time at least it is lovely to walk across from our bedroom and jump into the pool, letting…
Lots of words
I like to write, and to share what I write with others. I started blogging back in 2000 or thereabouts, so this is nothing new What is new is that…
Results of lower back MRI
I had an MRI of my lower back a week ago, and the results have come in this week. The MRI confirms that the left channel (fossae) in the L4-L5…
Physiotherapy
The last quarter of 2025 was a bit of a mess for me health-wise. It started in October with some kind of sciatic nerve disruption that left me essentially crippled…
Sorry, LinkedIn- I wanted BlueSky
I was surprised a short while ago when I realized that my blog was cross-posting all of my posts to LinkedIn. I don't really live on LinkedIn at all- my…
Endless boxes
I previously mentioned my occasional frustration with never-ending to do lists. One element that appears and disappears from our lists regularly without ever really getting done: unpack boxes. Irene and…
My interrupted life
Everyone in the modern world deals with constant distractions. But one of the benefits I expected from retirement was the concept of being able to focus on a task, or…
New furniture for the office
Irene had some of her medical tests last week. Included in that was a radiograph- basically, you are injected with radioactive stuff, then you have to wait for three hours…
Lower back MRI
I returned to the Trail (Kootenay Boundary) hospital on Monday night for an MRI. This one was of my lower back, and traces to my original problem with sciatica /…