Flossie’s Tales

Ibuprofen - Check.
Fresh coffee - Check.
Indulgent croissant from the deli over the road - Check.
Let the day begin.

Holy cow, I didn’t know Tom Jones was Welsh!

I’m baking today, just a small addition to a Christmas meal I’ve been invited to tonight.
Trouble is, my kitchen will be a bombsite all day with a veritable feast for nine being prepared.
I invited myself to a friend’s kitchen. He lives alone and will likely allow anything for a sneak preview of my Festive Portuguese [...]

This week’s media brought to us the news that common old mongrel mutts were more self aware than previously understood. Resorting to jealousy, even, under laboratory conditions. The scientists claimed that this level of awareness of the self and others around it had only previously been witnessed in primates. Really? Have they not lived with [...]

My alarm beeps. I sleepily hit snooze, but knowing I have an early appointment across the far end of town I begrudgingly drag myself out of bed. Wrapped in my dressing gown and towel I trudge to the bathroom, not yet awake, flinching at the bright light of the bathroom. The floor is cold under [...]

But I want to go with Daddy.
Just stay here with your Auntie Flossie for a bit. Daddy will be back very soon.
But I want to go with Daddy.
Arms are flung and feet kick against the car seat. My nephew grumbles and calls after his father who, by now, is out of earshot. In hope or [...]

This morning’s texts, in Wordle format.
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Cutting nails is a pleasurable past time. I like my nails short. I have rather ugly hands at the best of times and long nails just draw unnecessary attention towards them. I don’t bite nor chew my nails, so it means I get to cut them fairly regularly.
Cutting toe nails is much easier as you [...]

I am currently trying to research the legends behind the Pleiades, the seven sisters.
In my mind’s eye I can see the bookshelf with all my relevant books on it. It is several hundred miles away. I am particularly interested in the Japanese legend, as, so I have been told, the logo of the car maker Subaru [...]

That just made me happy.
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