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Tootlepedal's Blog – A look at life in the borders
Description: Life after the Care Farm
In an effort to pick up the pace I’m falling back into old habits. The last post , which was meant to be Saturday’s second post became, after much revision, Sunday’s first post. This is Sunday’s second post and, in a nod to previous bad habits, is being started while I have ten minutes as I wait for a pan of soup to simmer. It’s tomato again, made with onions and tinned tomatoes, water and a stock cube. I could probably do without the stock cube but it’s a habit.
Last night whilst writing the first of three versions of the last post, I discovered that my hearing was actually better than i had thought. My Dad was deaf in one ear so I wasn’t surprised to find my hearing had been worsening on one side for the last few years. recently I noticed it was even worse – it’s OK for most normal purposes, as long a people face me and don’t mutter. A couple of weeks ago it became a lot worse. After putting my ear buds in the wrong way this morning it became clear that my hearin
It seems that the growing resemblance to my father isn’t confined to looks, attitude and dodgy ears. We also share the same sort of senior moment.
Notes From the Hinterland | A blog about nature, home, community, books, writing, the environment, food, and rural life.
Tootlepedal's Blog – A look at life in the borders