17 Apr 2025

HODGEPODGE APRIL 17

 1. Do you complete your own taxes? Besides actual taxes, what's something you've found taxing lately  

Nothing has been taxed which concerns me, and the form is on a special computer program that I can easily fill out

2.  What are three values you treasure most in a friendship? 

Blind trust, loyalty, shared interests, 

3. Do you meal plan or do you mostly wing it? Share your dinner menus for this week.

That's easy ! I only have to eat


4. Thomas Sowell is credited as saying, ''There are no solutions, only trade-offs.' Agree or disagree ? Discuss.

It all depends, if I knit a sweater and the stitches fall off, there are no compromises, but if I argue with someone about a sweater, then there are compromises. In politic there are both, but it also depends with whom.

5. What's the best perk you've enjoyed at a job?

That was when I worked for a French Manager, who spoke a bit English, but I always had to go with him to translate into German or Italian. He also was a terrible womanizer and had asked (before he tried with me, although I was married) me to write his love letters or good-bye letters, because he didn't know what to write. I had no pity with these girls who were pretty but had nothing in their head.  They knew that he was married but thought that he would separate from his wife (as usual). Unfortunately for them he really loved his wife and she knew him well and accepted how he was. We became friends. So what did I do, I wrote love letters and he copied them in handwriting, and for the good bye letters where he informed them that he had decided to stay with his wife, I did the same, but had to order a flower bouquet and if they showed up in the office, I told them that he was on business trip. I always had a box of tissues in my drawer, and comforted them. Now when I think this over, it really makes me laugh, what a freaky situation. In this company I learned a lot about men !  I always told Rick my office stories, and in this case he only shook his head.

6.  Insert your own random thought here. 

Each time when I have to insert my random thought, my brain strikes ! Apparently I have no thoughts in my head, besides the weather ! I don't have to worry about whether the prices go up or down (which of course rarely happens) I only have to pay one bill and that is for my room here. I feel good in this sunny weather and even think about painting again. These below were the last once in 2019 before my hard times started, which took all inspiration and pleasure of painting away.


 

 

15 Apr 2025

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY





One of my friends had an open aquarium in her living room, in which koi and other fish species swam happily around.


 

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