tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post2206068267283358032..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Covid Nose: can we all still smell?, plus a lockdown medleyVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-42502928678117108822020-11-20T19:05:26.326+00:002020-11-20T19:05:26.326+00:00Hi Undina,
Shorter posts are a good suggestion! A...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Shorter posts are a good suggestion! And something I had been considering for a while. Thanks for suggesting it.<br /><br />I love your comment about having "a desire to have a desire to read" - that is priceless, and I hope the urge comes over you soon, so you can rediscover that pleasure.<br /><br />I feel more galvanised than ever to exercise, I'll be honestVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-12118552250277576432020-11-18T10:15:23.784+00:002020-11-18T10:15:23.784+00:00Before I answer your questions, I have a suggestio...Before I answer your questions, I have a suggestion! I think you’re packing too much into a single post! And while it is quite entertaining to read, it’s almost impossible to comment on/discuss all the topics you cover (had poor Truffle known how little attention from your readers she got, she would have gone on a killing spree ;) ). So, the suggestion would be: split these posts in two (or threeUndinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-83245400120816506352020-11-16T13:28:41.914+00:002020-11-16T13:28:41.914+00:00Hi Ines,
Yes, I am not surprised Gaia was welcomi...Hi Ines,<br /><br />Yes, I am not surprised Gaia was welcoming to you too - you and Pat Borow of Olfactarama were two other key bloggers I connected with soon after starting. Funny to think how many other personalities were around back then who just disappeared over the years. And a few sadly died, as you say. ;(<br /><br />I went through phases of barely reading at all for similar reasons to youVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-12467429351820736592020-11-16T13:22:43.791+00:002020-11-16T13:22:43.791+00:00Hi AnnieA,
Interesting to hear how the pandemic i...Hi AnnieA,<br /><br />Interesting to hear how the pandemic is playing out in your neck of the woods, and am glad you have found nice things to do, including a lot of exercise by the sound of it. Very impressed with both the hoolah-hooping and the cross-stitch, both of which take considerable levels of skill!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23732124965855239102020-11-16T13:21:36.363+00:002020-11-16T13:21:36.363+00:00How nice to remember Gaia's non-birthday. She ...How nice to remember Gaia's non-birthday. She was very welcoming to me as well when I started my blog Last year took away some great bloggers. :( <br />Come to think of it, last year wasn't that much better for me than this one. <br />As for reading, sometimes I feel that part of my life is over. :D I read so little these days, my concentration sucks after 8hours of work and mostly when IIneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-21591565250197349952020-11-16T13:20:16.415+00:002020-11-16T13:20:16.415+00:00Hi Portia,
Here's to you rediscovering your r...Hi Portia,<br /><br />Here's to you rediscovering your reading mojo next year if not before. ;) I could tell on Instagram that you are having a pretty social time in Oz - in indoor settings, even, you lucky things!<br /><br />Your postcards have brightened up my post in recent years, which as you know is dominated by bank statements, bills, and pizza leaflets. With luck normal travelling willVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-52787151815458581792020-11-16T03:39:10.775+00:002020-11-16T03:39:10.775+00:00A silver lining about working from home is that I&...A silver lining about working from home is that I've been taking mid-day walks around my neighbourhood. In other exercise, in addition to daily hoolah-hooping, this month I'm adding exercise videos to see whether that makes a difference.<br /><br />Have been reading a fair amount, doing some cross-stitch and sometimes taking pictures on my walks. Currently mainly phoning friends as it&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-78777086422961317152020-11-15T23:23:28.449+00:002020-11-15T23:23:28.449+00:00Hey there Vanessa,
WOW! I love that you are walkin...Hey there Vanessa,<br />WOW! I love that you are walking and working out, getting to see people (albeit only in the great outdoors) and knitting up a storm. <br />My own book reading has been abysmal this year. Everything has seemed like such a hard slog. Even things I've read 20+ times and loved so much have started to pall. Fingers crossed for my groove back in 2021.<br />We are thoroughly AustralianPerfumeJunkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404313441040574550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-34017564736459885882020-11-15T14:50:29.257+00:002020-11-15T14:50:29.257+00:00Thanks, Tara, I had been mulling over that very th...Thanks, Tara, I had been mulling over that very thing...;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27571366030699388842020-11-15T14:49:59.625+00:002020-11-15T14:49:59.625+00:00Hi Old Herbaceous,
Thanks for sharing your daught...Hi Old Herbaceous,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your daughter's experience and I am glad she is now better. I am sure it was a strange experience not to be able to smell things - was her taste also affected? I don't know to what extent the two symptoms go hand in hand.<br /><br />When I work, though it has been a while, it is also from home, so I sympathise about the difficulty of Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-81530597901665025632020-11-15T09:53:18.455+00:002020-11-15T09:53:18.455+00:00Maybe consider getting the full length version of ...Maybe consider getting the full length version of Happy to get more from it. Although the shortened version is better for taking notes. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820091082551405862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-63542355769348439312020-11-15T03:57:31.934+00:002020-11-15T03:57:31.934+00:00My young adult daughter had COVID in October and l...My young adult daughter had COVID in October and lost her sense of smell for a bit. Luckily, it came back in less than two weeks and she seems fully recovered. She did say it was really weird not to be able to smell things for several days. I'm finding it very hard to stay active enough these days, working from home, and I really need to motivate myself to find some form of exercise I'll Old Herbaceoushttps://scentsandsensibilities.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5691923233810381632020-11-14T19:07:36.163+00:002020-11-14T19:07:36.163+00:00Hi Tara,
That is interesting about your friend. L...Hi Tara,<br /><br />That is interesting about your friend. Let's hope people's sense of smell does always come back.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed the Derren Brown book too - am thinking of reading it all over again and making notes - it was very short after all.<br /><br />Good on you for jogging so regularly. I would quite fancy doing that but the osteopath doesn't want me to still, Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-15455529435633066992020-11-14T17:56:42.209+00:002020-11-14T17:56:42.209+00:00I'm really happy you're managing to read s...I'm really happy you're managing to read so much more this year V. Even if that last one was a dead loss. I loved the Derren Brown book too.<br /><br />I do admire the changes you've seen from all that working out. HIT did nothing for me but jogging at a snail's pace three times a week has shifted half a stone at least. Still a stone heavier than I'd like. I wish we had some Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820091082551405862noreply@blogger.com