Walking Thoughts

 Bizarre conversations I have with others. It seems that there are some that do not use their food waste caddy. They say they never throw food away. Who does? As I Scrape rice and crumbs from the kitchen sink catcher that lies in the plug hole to stop little tiny bits from getting into the sewage system. As I clean the kitchen washing up bowl and place stray pieces of rice, a dropped blueberry into the kitchen waste food caddy. I ponder on people who don’t have any food waste. Where are the crumbs off the table? Where are the crumbs from food packets? Breadcrumbs fallen from frozen food? Stale cornflakes from the bottom of boxes. The paper-like peel from bulbs of garlic? Are they truly people who have none of these? And if so, how? Food waste isn’t actual food- no one is throwing actual edible food away. Food caddies are collecting scraps that cumulatively between us Otherwise contribute food to landfill, Where it makes methane. Methane is 28 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas...

  Bugger it’s September - who knew? How did that happen? Yesterday I had a whole day to myself. Well most of it give or take 30 miles of mum taxi ing in my least favourite driving conditions, the ones I dread. It was the perfect opportunity to tidy up, get jobs done, declutter and sort (I should do a vlog or have a tik tok channel). At one point It occurred to me that I no longer need kitchen cupboards. As cups bowls, spoons, glasses and plates oscillate directly between dishwasher and teenage bedroom, and 4 cupboards are dedicated to medical care, as is all other storage space I can improvise - and a large portion of the dining table. Very little is left for food storage. Gone are the days of baking, although the lack of a working oven has not helped - but is possibly also why I never fixed it. Now, my priorities are elsewhere. To make space, and organise (you’d never get Stacey doing this version) I hauled everything out of the medical cupboards and sorted by date with older stuf...

  Absolutely. I think the key is to make this  about improving the process rather than criticising anyone , while still explaining why the situation had a disproportionate impact on you. I’d keep the detail about brushing your teeth out of the email—it illustrates how much preparation you made, but it’s probably more personal than your manager needs. The important point is that you had deliberately prepared yourself to manage anxiety around a known difficult situation. Hi [Name], I just wanted to mention something from today’s team meeting, as I think there may have been a misunderstanding about the presentation agenda. I had understood from the agenda that I was due to present at the end of the meeting, and had prepared and sent the presentation through in advance. As I live with anxiety, I also have to put quite a lot of preparation into presentations like this, including specific techniques and medication to help me manage it. When my presentation wasn’t called on, I was th...

  To engage the online community and raise diabetes awareness, you can turn a life-saving medical necessity  into a creative visual campaign. On social media, the key to treating a hypo (hypoglycaemia) is  explaining the science : fat and protein slow down sugar absorption, so a hypo treatment must be pure, fast-acting carbohydrate. These two "social media-friendly recipes" are designed to look engaging on video reels or TikTok while strictly adhering to medical safety. They yield exactly  15g of pure, fast-acting glucose per serving —perfect for teaching the "Rule of 15." Recipe 1:  The "Hypo Rescue" Rainbow Juice Shot Why it works for social media:  Layered drinks look beautiful on camera. This recipe visually demonstrates that a hypo treatment shouldn't include heavy fiber or milk, just pure fast-acting liquid fruit sugars that hit the bloodstream instantly. Prep time:  5 minutes Yield:  1 serving ( 15g fast-acting carbs ) Ingredients 110ml ...

  There were hecklers and counter-protests at  Adolf Hitler’s  rallies, but the frequency and nature of these disruptions changed dramatically as the 1930s progressed.  During his rise to power in the early 1930s, rallies were frequently disrupted by political opponents, leading to  extreme violence perpetrated by the Sturmabteilung (SA) , the Nazi paramilitary group. After Hitler seized absolute power in 1933, public heckling inside Germany became virtually nonexistent due to  systematic state terror, immediate arrests, and the total abolition of free speech . [ 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ] Heckling and Disruptions:  Anti-fascist groups infiltrated Nazi meetings to shout down speakers, throw objects, or launch coordinated chants.  [ 1 Brownshirt Beatings:  The Nazis intentionally used violence to project an image of absolute strength and order. Hitler created the  SA (the "Brownshirts")  specifically to act as hall-guards...

  Yes, there were hecklers and counter-protests at  Adolf Hitler’s  rallies, but the frequency and nature of these disruptions changed dramatically as the 1930s progressed.  During his rise to power in the early 1930s, rallies were frequently disrupted by political opponents, leading to  extreme violence perpetrated by the Sturmabteilung (SA) , the Nazi paramilitary group. After Hitler seized absolute power in 1933, public heckling inside Germany became virtually nonexistent due to  systematic state terror, immediate arrests, and the total abolition of free speech . [ 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ] The breakdown of the era, the counter-protests, and the treatment of those who spoke out followed a distinct timeline. 1. The Weimar Era (1930–Early 1933) Before Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933, Nazi rallies were battlegrounds. Germany's political landscape was deeply fractured, and Hitler's events were heavily targeted by rivals, particularly th...