tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4028359488627372804..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-23655811161447614422008-05-01T09:33:00.000+01:002008-05-01T09:33:00.000+01:00Thinking about potatoes (not in the hour of the wo...Thinking about potatoes (not in the hour of the wolf!) - I read in today's Irish Times (May 1) that this is the International Year of the Potato. Are you celebrating this in any special way?? Incidentally, the varieties on offer at our weekly co-operative market last Saturday were Golden Wonders, Ker Pinks, and Roosters. Most customers seem to prefer Golden Wonders.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-46131050077541342252008-04-25T18:49:00.000+01:002008-04-25T18:49:00.000+01:00I wonder what in particular brought on the anxiety...I wonder what in particular brought on the anxiety about coping. Was it your experience trying to leave there after Christmas, which would have been alarming for anyone?<BR/>I don't have any words of wisdom to impart, but you seem very much on top of things to me.<BR/>I did enjoy that catalogue of potatoes. As we get older we value more the turning of the year, and the planting of seed.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-53642219052320164372008-04-25T05:05:00.000+01:002008-04-25T05:05:00.000+01:00The hour of the wolf - how apt. Reminds me of the ...The hour of the wolf - how apt. Reminds me of the Spartan boy whose stomach was eaten by a wolf puppy. 3am anxieties are the pit-of-the-stomach gnawers.<BR/><BR/>I'm with Tamar and Mary Lou only I'll add: 'suck it and see', advice I was very usefully given. If you do want to make a change in your lifestyle, eg. getting a housecleaner, try it for a while and see what happens. From all that you and your husband do, I'd suggest that your independence is still very intact but it doesn't mean that you have to do *everything* yourselves. My mother used to be a housecleaner for elderly people until her arthritis made it too difficult. Now she enjoys having someone else to clean once a fortnight. Likewise, give yourselves a little holiday from TCOTU, perhaps by leasing it to folks for the autumn, and see if it makes a difference in your energy levels. Nothing that you do has to be set in concrete...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124722668160658606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-91828320412248197112008-04-25T03:27:00.000+01:002008-04-25T03:27:00.000+01:00The hour of the wolf - how appropriate. And your i...The hour of the wolf - how appropriate. <BR/><BR/>And your insight into Hillary - VERY interesting. Makes me think of the Betty Davis movie when she played Elizabeth Tudor. <BR/><BR/>I'm not in your position - yet. But I will be - and have seen grandparents and now parents entering that phase of worry, of how-long-can-we-keep-it-up. I guess the answer is as long as you're willing and the pleasure continues to outweigh the burden. Tasks may take longer - but that can be solved by staying for a few days longer than usual and doing a bit less than usual on each day.stash haushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244605573080920528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-60452340327739269222008-04-24T22:02:00.000+01:002008-04-24T22:02:00.000+01:00Things you can and can't change "...and the wisdom...Things you can and can't change "...and the wisdom to know the difference." If being all tense will help (as in keeping alert while driving), go for it. But if being tense won't help, and may actually make matters worse by increasing stress, then get a tiny dose of fatalism and let it be, while planning how to cope with several options. Options because things rarely work out exactly as expected.<BR/><BR/>There used to be a catalog that sold everything odd in gardening, including two kinds of blue potatoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-44516268883965736782008-04-24T16:33:00.000+01:002008-04-24T16:33:00.000+01:00Liked the "hour of the wolf." A friend passed on ...Liked the "hour of the wolf." A friend passed on a comment from the Dali Lama when he was in Rochester MN recently, "“If there’s no solution why worry, if there is a solution, why worry?” He doesn’t worry and sleeps well!"<BR/><BR/>Liked your focus on today!<BR/><BR/>Gerrie in MNBarca Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00716626154893889858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-9311772285938666072008-04-24T13:37:00.000+01:002008-04-24T13:37:00.000+01:00As one who faces my own bouts of anxiety, I do thi...As one who faces my own bouts of anxiety, I do think about these things, too. I had a dinner recently with some friends (women) and we talked about that middle of the night sleep-stealing anxiety, one woman called the hour of the wolf. Another had spent many years in a spiritual community, and said they rose at 3 am to meditate because it is the time when your mind is most out of control. Not suggesting that, but interesting that across cultures that middle of the night anxiety (problems real or not) is universal. <BR/><BR/>And thanks for the potato link. I wonder if it is too late for me to find a mail order wonderland like that here...Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-48845957032294404462008-04-24T13:20:00.000+01:002008-04-24T13:20:00.000+01:00Carpe diem. That's our approach.Carpe diem. That's our approach.Roobeedoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395340950409421904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-65892068090561608592008-04-24T11:43:00.000+01:002008-04-24T11:43:00.000+01:00Yea and verily, thou didst provoke a laughter in m...Yea and verily, thou didst provoke a laughter in my heart. <BR/><BR/>Oh, I'm tired. I love your husband's name. Thanks for a smile, Jean.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175287704687068472noreply@blogger.com