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

Have you heard about #ulog? This brilliant new tag has become the celebrity of tags on Steemit. The concept was born from the incredible mind of @surpassinggoogle (who humbly refers to himself as "your

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

Image Source When suddenly all bets are off ... As an empath, I know how crucial moods and attitudes are to your ability to function, your ability to make progress and most of all, your ability to put

Daily Truffle Picks It's time for another round of truffles I found digging in the streams of this beautiful platform! For those of you who do not know me: My name is TrufflePig. I am a bot based on Artificial

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

My town on the morning of the shortest day, I took this on my morning walk Aren’t you a little young to be retired? is a question I I hear from a lot of people. That usually gets a smart ass answer from

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

I have no idea what the name of this flower is, but I fell in love with it at first sight you can say. I will love to say that this is not really a contest but an avenue for us to learn something new and

WELCOME TO @WITNESSPAGE by @jackmiller [Witness] In the past year or so, I have come across questions such as "Where can one find ALL the Witness posts?" "What are the Witnesses doing? Where

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

National Reconcilation Week Australia When we were growing up, Aboriginal history was not taught in schools. There was only the story of the primitive tribe of people looking threatening with spears as

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