I just deleted an entire blog post but I left the photos. If you haven’t noticed lately, the writing part isn’t working for me. So to give you some context with these photos, I will leave only the following sentences…. Read more
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A season of gift giving
Every business with a product to sell bombards the public with pleas to buy their product(s) during the month of December. Heck, most of them begin hawking their items in November. For me, it’s a bit of a conundrum because… Read more
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Remembrance Day 2022, Canada
In honour of all soldiers, past and present, who fought and saw action due to war. Also those who came back home, were and are forever changed by the experience. Today I particularly honour two of my brave family members…. Read more
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stand and stare
It doesn’t happen often. When it does happen, I somehow feel an obligation to explain. Where have I been? Why have I been ‘absent’? Leisure by W. H. Davies What is this life if, full of care, We have no… Read more
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If you could …
Someone I don’t know personally but whom I am aware of, recently asked a question that stopped me in my tracks. Boom, just like that. The question he asked is simple, but powerful. Some who responded gave such wonderfully heartwarming… Read more
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Food and Garden (not a magazine title)
What? It’s this easy to make my own ricotta? Okay then. Since I don’t have a dedicated garden space, other than the strip on the side of the house for all my herbs, I plant my vegetables in amongst the… Read more
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Creativity: cooking
Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love. Craig Claiborne I began cooking as a very young girl. Of course, we all have to cook to eat and to… Read more
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It’s been a good week
Keeping it real with some of my ponderings first, followed by a wee list of the good-week-stuff right after the not-as-good. Perhaps you’ve noticed my most recent posts, with the exception of the one about the totem, have been shy… Read more