A day at work (34)

Friday 18 April 2008 at 1:45 pm

"She died a beautiful death. Peaceful. Quiet."

"My condolances with the loss of your mother."

"It feels strange... I mean... not the loss of my mother, she was old, it was her time. It feels strange to become an orphan at the age of 76."

A day at work (33)

Monday 14 April 2008 at 04:25 am

It's strange to sleep with 2 cellphones on the nightstand, knowing you can be called on either one in case of medical emergency. It's stressfull sleeping like this, even more so because I've got the habit of sleeping through earthquakes and other things. Luckily he's a very light sleeper and wakes up with every twitch I make. Knowing this, makes me relax a bit.

And indeed, they called, a couple of minutes ago. I woke up and answered the phone. He slept like a baby...

A day at work (32)

Sunday 13 April 2008 at 09:22 am Last night, somebody died. It happens. Before the undertaker is allowed to remove the remains, a doctor most pronounce this person dead. So I went. I declared this person to be deceased and went to the nurse to do the paperwork. No papers. WTF? I need papers, the undertaker needs the paperwork. So I drove 15 miles to the nearest nursing home to fetch some papers and drove back. Declared the person officially dead of natural causes. But there must be a simpler way, at midnight I'm a very expensive courier... and a very moody one...

Have you hugged your tree today?

Saturday 12 April 2008 at 08:08 am For years now i've been walking around with the idea to make a t-shirt with this line. The shirt would be bright yellow, and there would be a tree on it in green and brown felt. I'd actually forgotten about this idea, which was born out of the need of provoking my colleague at the butcher's. But spring has arrived and i do feel like provoking some of my colleagues at Uni. But there might be something more behind it... It's my profound lack of being in touch with nature. People keep wondering why i like to hug trees or caress stinging nettles. Well, it's very easy. It's my way of being in touch with the spirit of the tree or plant, to actually get to know this wonderful personality and understand it. The added benefit is that once you know the plant it is much easier to use it. For non-herbalists it might sound a bit strange and airy-fairy, but for me it is just as real as meeting people and caressing them.

Liquorice

Thursday 10 April 2008 at 8:12 pm

"So my BP turned out to be 185/125... Is there anything i can do to bring it down? I've already cut out my 'few' big mugs of coffee..."

"Well ehm... how much liquorice are you having a day?"

"Oh, there always is a stick next to my desktop, at least a liter of liquorice tea, and of course some candy"

A day at work (31)

Wednesday 09 April 2008 at 5:53 pm

Daughter: "My mom's sleeping, sorry, but I'm leaving again."

Nurse: "Your mom? Sleeping? Strange. Let's go see her together."

...

Nurse: "Ehm? Miss? Ehm... she is not your mom, your mom is over here, awake."

Herb of the Year

Wednesday 09 April 2008 at 08:22 am

Ask any one person who knows a bit about herbs something about Calendula off and they'll start to smile and glow and generally give off a very happy vibe. So i was very happy to stumble upon the notification that it is going to be the herb of the year 2008! Gives me a good reason to write something about this wonderful and gorgeous plant...

(after i'd written the monograph i found this)

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Home Herbalism

Tuesday 08 April 2008 at 3:47 pm

It's always great to see people taking care of their health. Of late i've seen and heard people using herbs for minor ailments. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn't... They just made it up as they went along (well, accompanied by some basic knowledge), which proves my point that everybody has a bit of a herbalist inside him or her.

It just makes my day whenever i hear such a story *smile*

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Reflexology

Thursday 27 March 2008 at 10:22 pm "So, ehm... Where do i find his testes?"

A day at work (30)

Friday 14 March 2008 at 8:24 pm

Sometimes it's more humane to give one insulin instead of morphine.

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