Musings on a Small Life

WARNING: Serious "eeewwwww" gross factor to follow, so don't read further if your stomach easily is turned. ******    Yes, folks, and then there are days like this --which is more the "this" that comes to mind, rather than the positive "this" in Van Morrison's song. Days when you take your leak- and odour-proof compost bag to the compost bin in the garage, only to discover it's totally covered inside and partly outside with maggot eggs and maggots. And where cleaning it all out after work is in the top three most disgusting things you've ever had to do. Days when your favourite corner store (Mola Mola, the little shop that carries the neat Fair Trade and  Global Mamas goods) is closed due to construction right outside the door and you can't get any dark chocolate. Aggghhh! Days when the neighbour's cat barfs up the bit of canned food you put out for him, so you have to wash off your front step. (Thanks, Niko.) Days when the rem...

When it's not always raining there'll be days like this When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch Well my mama told me there'll be days like this.... (Van Morrison) There'll be days like this... Days when your boss says it's fine to leave at 2:15 [on Friday] and the public transit connections are good--so good, in fact, that you're home in half an hour instead of the usual 55 minutes. Days when your book order arrives in the mail after just being shipped the day before. Days when you find decor fabric for $5 per meter and you splurge on a couple of meters, just because you like the colours and even though you have no idea what, if anything, you'll do with it. Days when you get a much-needed hair cut and feel you look at least semi-human again. Days when the forecast rain holds off while you're running errands on foot and by bus. Days when some of the cat...