I slept later than I really wanted to... I have on the previous several Wednesdays taken pears into Scoop for 10am, or soon after. However, today, I hadn't collected the pears together the previous day, and I got up late too... so I got some pears from some I've got stored in the garden, and took a tray-full in at 11.30. I bought a tub of peanut butter as we've run out.
I came back via a large pile of leaves and collected a dumpy bag full, which I brought back on my trailer, and added these to my leafmould enclosure. I did a little bit of work down the garden, sorting out an empty pallet compost bin which had collapsed.
Then, due to worsening weather, I came in and focused on editing a 'guest blog' which someone had emailed me about. The idea is that I publish an article on something, which has a link to a website, and get a small payment for it. I get a lot of offers to do this but this one, on wood-burning stoves, is the first one I've said yes to. I get a lot of really unsuitable offers, nothing to do with anything I'm interested in, or low carbon living. However, this one looks good... and I edited together two articles, adding my own stuff too, and then emailed it back to the chap who sent it to me, and now await his decision.
I also wrote a 'note' on facebook about a study design I have been thinking about which I think would ascertain whether homoeopathic remedies work. This stems from a discussion with a good friend who's into complementary and alternative therapies, and said that you couldn't test homoeopathy in a scientific manner. I'm also interested as a few years ago, I knew someone who consulted a homoeopath about her bi-polar disorder. The homoeopath advised her to stop taking her medication and start with homoeopathic remedies instead, and a couple of days later, my friend had committed suicide. I don't know the name of the homoeopath who did this, and if I had done, I would have reported them to the police as I hold them partly responsible for my friend's death. I also accept that my friend was partly responsible as she'd listened to the homoeopath and done as they had suggested. As far as I'm concerned, homoeopathy is based on 3 illogical and unscientific 'laws'... and is no more than a placebo. I'm a huge fan of placebos, they often work really well!
I also dealt with an enquiry, from a chap in Leeds who runs Leeds Green Drinks. Next month he's running a Yorkshire Green Laughs event, with a comedian, and he asked me to help with publicity, as I run the York Green Drinks facebook group. I told him I'd be willing to do some entertainment too, and have got myself a gig.... no fee, but it's exposure, which is great, and I get my train fare paid!
Later, I went out to collect unsold pears, and then to town to see David and take him to YAYAS.
I came back via a large pile of leaves and collected a dumpy bag full, which I brought back on my trailer, and added these to my leafmould enclosure. I did a little bit of work down the garden, sorting out an empty pallet compost bin which had collapsed.
Then, due to worsening weather, I came in and focused on editing a 'guest blog' which someone had emailed me about. The idea is that I publish an article on something, which has a link to a website, and get a small payment for it. I get a lot of offers to do this but this one, on wood-burning stoves, is the first one I've said yes to. I get a lot of really unsuitable offers, nothing to do with anything I'm interested in, or low carbon living. However, this one looks good... and I edited together two articles, adding my own stuff too, and then emailed it back to the chap who sent it to me, and now await his decision.
I also wrote a 'note' on facebook about a study design I have been thinking about which I think would ascertain whether homoeopathic remedies work. This stems from a discussion with a good friend who's into complementary and alternative therapies, and said that you couldn't test homoeopathy in a scientific manner. I'm also interested as a few years ago, I knew someone who consulted a homoeopath about her bi-polar disorder. The homoeopath advised her to stop taking her medication and start with homoeopathic remedies instead, and a couple of days later, my friend had committed suicide. I don't know the name of the homoeopath who did this, and if I had done, I would have reported them to the police as I hold them partly responsible for my friend's death. I also accept that my friend was partly responsible as she'd listened to the homoeopath and done as they had suggested. As far as I'm concerned, homoeopathy is based on 3 illogical and unscientific 'laws'... and is no more than a placebo. I'm a huge fan of placebos, they often work really well!
I also dealt with an enquiry, from a chap in Leeds who runs Leeds Green Drinks. Next month he's running a Yorkshire Green Laughs event, with a comedian, and he asked me to help with publicity, as I run the York Green Drinks facebook group. I told him I'd be willing to do some entertainment too, and have got myself a gig.... no fee, but it's exposure, which is great, and I get my train fare paid!
Later, I went out to collect unsold pears, and then to town to see David and take him to YAYAS.
