October is Facial Pain Awareness Month. I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) in 2012 & had brain surgery in 2015. In 2021 I tried again & ended up with Anesthesia Dolorosa (AD). Never have I so bitterly regretted the decision to have that surgery.

Your vote does matter. Just 22 votes tipped the scale to an NDP majority in BC's fall election. That's it. 22 votes. Think about that.

And now there's this.

That time one of my favorite designers shared my work.

RetaMay Crochet 🧶

Results from London West 2022 Provincial election.

This is what happens when the left splits their vote. Peggy Sattler has been the London West MPP since 2014. The other two London ridings may also flip. London has been like an orange oasis for a decade and it's about to go blue.

Doug Ford is about to win an even bigger majority. /1

Some interesting Can/US tourism info. If even half of the 21 million Canadian visitors to the US choose to go anywhere else it would make a pretty big dent in their economy. Snowbirds looking to snowbird? Think anywhere other than the States.

The best chocolate ice cream I've had in maybe my whole life. Bonus: it's often on sale.

I crochet. This might be my favorite commission. Sailor Moon. #RetaMayCrochet