Okay … so I’m on a diet! I know, it is not a fun topic of conversation. Have you ever noticed that people who are on a diet, talk about it all the time? I am guilty too, so you have to listen a bit. Things that would not have tempted me in the past, are huge temptations to me …

We live fairly close to a nuclear power plant. On the first Monday of each month they test the alarm system at the power plant. The alarms sound at two o’clock in the afternoon on the first Monday of the month. After having lived in the area for over twenty-five years, we get used to the sounding of the alarm. …