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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Susie Kearley |Smillew Rahcuef
Don’t let those innocent eyes fool you. You’d never imagine such a small creature could produce so much poo, until you’ve kept guinea pigs, and then the full horror of these little poop production machines hits you!We’ve kept guinea pigs for 20 years. They are gorgeous, but they produce so much poo! We’ve dealt with impacted rectums, holidays where they have to manage for themselves for a few days, and there’s no getting away from the clean-up necessary when we get home.
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2 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Susie Kearley
A few years ago, I was writing about Titicaca Water Frogs for an exotic pets magazine, and Iāve never felt so emotional about frogs in my life. These poor creatures are on the verge of extinction, and theyāre huge! Half a metre in length!I interviewed Arturo, who was working diligently towards their conservation in Bolivia. He was emotional about it, too. His dedication to his cause was causing rifts with his family because it was swallowing up all his time.
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3 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Susie Kearley
We went caravanning on the Isle of Skye and had lots of weather, cold showers and insect infestations. On the morning of our third day, there was still no hot water in the showers so I attempted to clean myself in the washing-up bowl in the caravan. Epic failure. I couldnāt get the soap off my legs in the soft water. So I headed out for another cold shower. Everyone else had abandoned them, so there were 1000 midges waiting in the cubicle for their next victim.
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3 weeks ago | 
susiekearley.medium.com | Susie Kearley
Day one of our holiday on the Isle of Skye was a disaster with gales, floods, and high winds. We were sleeping in a caravan. The gale subsided by about 4am, and we finally drifted off to sleep. We woke at 8. Bleary eyed and weary, I went to take a shower. I put my 20p in the slot and received a cold shower. I was not impressed. The lady in the next cubicle said hers was cold too, so I didn’t think it was anything I’d done. It turned out that there was a fault with the showers, so there was no hot water.
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3 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Susie Kearley
Our visit to the Scottish island of Skye was among our most dramatic caravanning holidays to date. The campsite was down a seven-mile winding road and after 15 minutes travelling along this little road, we wondered if we’d missed it. We finally felt a sense of relief when we spotted a few tents. We set up in the pouring rain, then checked out the facilities: basic but functional.
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3 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Susie Kearley
Complex CarbohydratesAs we get older, we all want to keep a sharp mind, perform well and stay energised. Complex carbohydrates are good foods for sustained energy and concentration. They provide slow-releasing glucose to keep the mind focused and sharp. Fruit and vegetables, whole grains, beans and pulses are all complex carbohydrates. They’ll release sugars into your bloodstream slowly, providing sustained energy to help you tackle the demands and stresses of your busy working day.
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3 weeks ago | 
susiekearley.medium.com | Susie Kearley
Iām now on Substack, Medium, Alamy for photography, and considering YouTube when I have time!May was a busy month. I was away some of the time, so didnāt post as frequently as usual. However, I did get one boosted post on Medium from the previous month, which continued to do well, and left me with May earnings of $242 ($209 of which were for the boosted post). This is much better! If only I could do this every month!On Substack, I now have two subscribers, one annual payment and one monthly.
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1 month ago | 
susiekearley.medium.com | Susie Kearley
Sometimes life seems to be ticking along nicely, with friends, a decent job, and a nice home life, but somethingās not quite right, because youāre still having days when you feel lacklustre and blue. Sometimes, how we feel about life is adversely affected by our sense of perspective. Is it possible you have bad habits that are making this worse? 1. Quickly offendedSocial media seems to be full of offended people.
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1 month ago | 
susiekearley.medium.com | Susie Kearley
Never again will he use the self-scanning serviceThe day my husband was caught trying to escape without paying for his broccoli…It was a 50p stalk of broccoli that almost got my husband a criminal record. Combined with his own attempts at self-scanning his shopping. He picked up a self-scanner with his trolley and went around trying to scan everything, according to the self-scan rules. He’d done it before. Easy peasy… until it wasn’t. This time, the scanner didn’t work very well.
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1 month ago | 
susiekearley.medium.com | Susie Kearley
I had a draft. It wasn’t right. It had been languishing in my Medium drafts for months, and I didn’t know what to do with it. I was going to delete it, and then I thought, it has potential. The idea’s not bad. So I thought I’d ask Chat GPT what to do with it because it just didn’t have the jive I wanted it to have. I felt the humour I was attempting to portray fell flat. It just didn’t work. I was attempting to emulate another writer who does humour and sarcasm much better than me, but I failed.
