A long trip ahead Tomorrow I'm going to hop on a plane to fly halfway around the world to be with family. I did that last Christmas as well and didn't think I'd be doing it again so soon. Last time was

Gobsmacked! Four days ago, I posted this post. If anyone cares to have a look, please note that I'm not after more upvotes or any other rewards, but only hope to get some clarification. The post was a

Arggh, I'm in pain On Sunday evening, my lower back started hurting. I hadn't done any exercise that day that could have caused it, nor did I notice an exact moment when it started. I have a strong suspicion

This is going to be a short one When I see all the beautiful art on steemit, for example in this ulog by @eveningart, I wish I had more talent for it too. I've tried a few times when I was very young but

Scary!! Like many, I didn't know what was going on yesterday. I was worried when I couldn't log into steemit. I wondered if I had done something wrong, or my key was corrupted, or steemit didn't want me

Remembering Today, I wrote a birthday email to an old friend over in Switzerland who is very special to me. Let's call her Rosie. This is not her real name because Rosie is a private person. She also wouldn't

Why do an Ulog They are everywhere but was never quite sure who the tag is for and what it's about. Until I read @dreemsteem's post and thought, yeah, why not. Sometimes it's nice to just let what's on

Come on, get baking, I know you want one of these (Source: All photos taken by me while baking) I thought of writing this post after reading an inspiring bread-making post by @riverflows. It took me a

Oh so quiet... I have been quiet these past couple of weeks and I just have to accept that this is how it's going to be for me, whether I want it or not. When I first started out on steemit, I spent many

Fraught with emotion Abortion is a topic of contention, dividing people all over the world. Not many sit on the fence on this one. Most are either for or against the mere concept of it, often based on

My Island Trip (Note: all photos are my own or taken with my camera by a collegue) Last week I got to travel to Thursday Island for the first time. I had heard of its beauty many times and was excited

Supporting @welcomewagon I'm not a big games person (boring, I know) but for this I make an exception. Anything that supports @dreemsteem and her wonderful welcomewagon as they certainly made steemit great

Why I want to talk about this There are several topics that I feel are not talked about enough in our society, and often the silence causes more pain and hardship for those who are already suffering. So

No way I can go to bed today without saying this This is only a brief note but I hope you, the reader, can feel how it's almost exploding from positive emotions and experiences such as gratitude, appreciation,

Awareness-Raising - my passion This week I was very fortunate. I was chosen by @welcomewagon to receive some special attention for my posts for this week, as well as some one-on-one mentoring with the

Learning new things every day "Vote for witnesses", the tab said, just a bit further down from the Welcome and FAQ tabs. I was brave enough to click on it a few days ago when I first started

What's the purpose of this post? This post is my contribution to enter a contest by @mallorblythe which she is holding in honour of two special contest holders that helped her in her early steemit days,

I could go on and on about how much I love living in the tropics but the best way to show you why is to demonstrate the beauty of the place in pictures. I'll start with a first round of photos that were

I'm totally, acutely, painfully aware that I know nothing (yet) This is my second post so I'm still a very tiny morsel of plankton (which looks like this:) Source: Therefore, please bear with me if I offer

Hello, good people on steemit As you can tell from the title, and this being my #introduceyourself post, this is my first time putting myself out there on steemit. In fact, it is my first ever attempt