Interesting! I think I’ve struck this (but ended up just typing in the number): Beware When Pasting Phone Numbers Copied from Contacts - TidBITS:
Contacts on the Mac encloses all phone numbers in two zero-width (and thus invisible) Unicode characters
Sasha tells me it’s breakfast time. 🐶
People go on at length about how to make a cup of coffee, but no-one talks about tea… I was thrilled to discover The Tea Curator, with detailed posts like Six types of loose leaf tea – which will be your favourite?
The newly completed toilet block at Waikawa Beach (replacing a 50- to 60- year old facility) also has fresh new signage — in Te Reo Māori and English as all our local Council’s signs are these days. Very pleasing!
So important! Go and read and act on New Year’s Resolution: Make Information Accessible, for Those Who Survive You:
My opinions here come from working in a field where I routinely see the Kafka-esque admin situations that many survivors deal with, after a death.
CareHQ virtual GP
Note for future me (and other Kiwis):
CareHQ is a virtual GP consultation service that is open 7am–7pm, 7 days a week. You meet with a New Zealand registered expert doctor who is a Fellow of the RNZCGP. You don’t need to enrol with CareHQ - you stay enrolled with your own GP and all notes from your consultation will be sent to them. FMG Clients get a 10% discount
The Yellowhammers are singing a lot these days. This one was singing just by the house. Photo from January this year. 🐦
28 October 2018 I planted lemon thyme by the dog yard. Today, 15 December 2022, it looks and smells fabulous! A bit of watering and weeding from time to time, but otherwise benign neglect. 😀
I’m 26% of the way through The Cardiff Killings (DI Jemima Huxley Crime Thriller Book 1) by Gaynor Torrance but have decided to read no further. I have no points where I can relate to a person desperate to have kids and who cuts herself to relieve unbearable stress.… 📚
It’s barely 9 am and the Levin clock tower tells me it’s already 26C (79F). It’s gonna be a hot one today.
Hmmm, I think one Kołaczki at the front maybe looks like the ones the real cook made. Some ‘squares’ were too small so I didn’t even try to fold them over. A bit odd — kind of like shortbread with jam.
Sasha winning at Hunt The Anchovy on her 16th birthday. 🐶
Listening to Kismet (1967). I hadn’t realised there were quite so many famous songs in this one show. I first heard “Stranger in Paradise” when I was a kid. 🎶
One of the fantastic features of MarsEdit is easily finding and fixing old posts. When I checked my On This Day page today a few photos from 2018 had gone missing. The solution was to change http
to https
. So easy in MarsEdit. Fixed a few other bits and bobs in there too.
Not off to a good start cooking Kołaczki — ignored the timer for a moment to finish an email reply and burnt the pot with apricot filling. 😒
Sasha, aged 15 years 364 days, snoozing. 🥰 🐶
This is the kind of conversation I love on Micro.Blog.
My current music fave is Korolova from Ukraine. I’m working my way through listening to all her music videos. Her music stays with me during the day too. 🎶
I enjoyed reading Knight Blind (Jorja Knight Private Investigator Mystery Series Book 1) by Alice Bienia. Jorja is relatable, and gradually reveals some of her background while chasing down leads in an unexpected case. I’ll read more in this series. 📚
Deb and I have been watching and enjoying Three Pines but it’s a bit grim and intense. The story lines tend to include the atrocities of the Canadian Residential Schools. For relief, we’re also watching Recipes for Love and Murder which is a deal lighter.