Last years cucumber patch was so productive I had to give some away every few days. Giving them a trellis to grow on made all the differnce from previous years. #forTroy #gardening #2025

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Credit: Truth Theory (Facebook) "The UK government has dropped plans to make a digital ID mandatory, especially for proving the right to work, after criticism and public concern. However, this does not mean digital ID has been cancelled altogether — the system is still planned as a voluntary option, to be used alongside traditional documents like passports. So it’s a rollback of compulsory use, not a complete abandonment of digital ID."

“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” ― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!

“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ‘Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.’” - John Steinbeck

Credit: Ancient World (Facebook) Once, men and women did not sleep as we do now. The notion of “eight hours straight” was foreign. In the Middle Ages, the night unfolded in two distinct breaths: the first sleep and the second sleep. As the sun dipped below the horizon and the sky turned to dark velvet, people would retire early, surrendering to the hush of night. After four or five hours, their eyes would open—not from anxiety or disruption, but from rhythm. This pause in the night was a quiet, secret world. By candlelight, they prayed, leafed through worn books, or sipped spiced wine. Some crossed the street to knock on a neighbor’s door, while others lingered in the kitchen, telling stories to their children, hands wrapped around warm cups. It was the heart of the night, and yet life moved gently—intimate, unhurried, profound. When the invisible clock of darkness signaled, they returned to bed. The second sleep carried them to dawn, when the rooster’s crow marked the beginning of the day. For centuries, this was the rhythm of rest—recorded in diaries, stories, even medical manuals. But the 19th century arrived with streetlamps, factories, and the clamor of urban life. The middle hours of the night lost their enchantment, and people began to sleep “all in one go.” By the 20th century, the memory of segmented sleep had faded. What was once a natural rhythm became misunderstood. Today, we might call it insomnia. Then… it was simply the most human way to live in harmony with the night. See less — in New York.

From Shakespeare's As You Like It: "I do desire we may be better strangers."

"Take a moment to notice which nostril feels more open right now. One side will usually be clearer while the other might feel a bit blocked. When your left nostril is more open, your body is in a calmer, rest and digest state. When your right nostril is more open, you’re in a more alert or active state. This naturally shifts every couple of hours in what’s called the nasal cycle, where we tend to breathe about 75% through one nostril and 25% through the other. This cycle is controlled by your autonomic nervous system, helping your body stay balanced without you even realizing it." -Anthony Goldsmith #bodywisdom