Hi everyone. Sorry for not having touched the blog in a few days. I really mean to blog more this year, but have been struggling a bit lately again so no inspiration. Today it’s time for the Wednesday Hodgepodge though, so this post should come relatively easily. Here goes.
1. What’s a change you’d like or need to make this year?
I’d like to taper at least one of my medications.
2. Break the ice, on thin ice, ice skating, tip of the iceberg, ice cold…which icy idiom applies to your life right now? Explain.
Ice cold. It’s been freezing for a couple of days now. It’s a dry frost though, so no need for people to remove ice from their cars. In the early mornings, the temperature dropped to -7°C with a real feel of -15°C.
3. What’s a project you’ve been putting off? Will you get to it this month? This year?
Decorate my room. I’m not sure I’ll get to it this month, but definitely this year.
4. Of the fruits that grow well in winter which ones have you tried? Which is your favorite?
pomegranates, clementines, persimmons, passion fruit, pears, grapefruit, lemons, pomelos, kumquats
I have tried about half of this list: pomegranates, pears, grapefruits, clementines, lemons and that’s it I think. I don’t really care for any of them, but if I have to choose one, I’ll go for clementines.
5. What do you think it means to be courageous?
I don’t really know. I think it includes standing up for oneself and others in the face of persecution. Then again, it could also include standing up for what’s right, but what’s “right” depends on your viewpoint. Like, I’m pretty sure half the Hodgepodge’ers wouldn’t feel included in my “all-inclusive” society because their values do not align with my purpose of inclusion. In this sense, courage is really not unrelated to one’s political or religious affiliation and whether someone is a hero or an idiot depends on whether you agree with them or not.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
On Saturday, my spouse will be visiting me after picking up the new car we’re getting. I can’t wait to sit in our “freezer Fiat”, as we’ve been jokingly calling it. We call our current car the “heat-up Micra”, as it has no air conditioning and is black and our previous car had broken heating so was ice cold in winter. The “freezer Fiat” will, thankfully, come with air conditioning.
A Multitude of Musings 
I defintely have a set of beliefs I live by and follow, but I enjoy all kinds of people, interacting with them and hearing their stories too. I’ve moved a lot and lived in the UK for six years in a very International community and you can find commonalities even when your politics don’t align. Of course the world is more divisive than it was when I was there so it might take more work to ‘make it work’. I appreciate different points of view here and am glad you participate. Enjoy your new vehicle! We just had a huge expensive unplanned repair on my car today-ugh! Have a nice week!
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Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I’m so sorry about the expensive car repair.
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Hope you enjoy the new car! I enjoy the fun names you’ve given your vehicles. We used to name ours but got out of the habit – we once had a truck we called “The Lad” Right now we own three cars that are the same make and model and color, and two of them are even the same year! We refer to them by their model years. We’re selling one to our daughter, and I like to say it’s to avoid confusion about which “Thirteen” we’re talking about. Hope you have a great week!
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LOL to your selling one of your Thirteens to your daughter to get rid of the confusion. We didn’t name all of our cars, but our first one was Balympia, because it was a Suzuki Baleno and my sister-in-law’s horse is called Wolympia.
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A new car, that is big news! I can relate to your choice of ice cold. We are in a blizzard warning with temps following it between negative 5 to negative 17 F. I don’t even want to think about what the wind chill factor will be Brrrrrr!
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Oh wow, that’s so cold! Hope you’re staying warm indoors. Thanks for stopping by.
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Yes, with coffee in hand! It’s my pleasure!
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I enjoyed reading your answers even though you wrote this in January, I did not see it back when you originally wrote it, so it was nice to be able to read it now. X
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