Art, Joy, music, reality, words

The Joy of “Obscure Sorrows”

 Mostly the weather this week has been very “unjoyous.” After a week of summer, we are back into the cold and grey of a Winter/Spring. However, coffee this week with a friend was joyous! In fact my friend recommended a book that I might like – “Obscure Sorrows.” The author, John Koenig, creates words based […]

Art, Joy, music, reality, words

The Joy of “Obscure Sorrows”

 Mostly the weather this week has been very “unjoyous.” After a week of summer, we are back into the cold and grey of a Winter/Spring. However, coffee this week with a friend was joyous! In fact my friend recommended a book that I might like – “Obscure Sorrows.” The author, John Koenig, creates words based

gardening, Joy, reality, words

An “Ovenable” Joy

OK, I probably didn’t have to put the word, ovenable, in quotation marks. It is a word, as words go, however, I have never heard it before. Yes, I have a Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and it is, sad to say, not in it. Well, it’s an old edition. I actually found the word “ovenable”

gardening, Joy, reality, words

An “Ovenable” Joy

OK, I probably didn’t have to put the word, ovenable, in quotation marks. It is a word, as words go, however, I have never heard it before. Yes, I have a Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and it is, sad to say, not in it. Well, it’s an old edition. I actually found the word “ovenable”

Joy, music, reality

The Joy of not committing filicide……

I am always amazed at the energy generated by warmer weather and longer days. When it’s cold and dark, I have very little desire to get things done. However, as soon as the snow melts and the days lengthen I have the enthusiasm to “do a million things at once.” As I have said before,

Joy, music, reality

The Joy of not committing filicide……

I am always amazed at the energy generated by warmer weather and longer days. When it’s cold and dark, I have very little desire to get things done. However, as soon as the snow melts and the days lengthen I have the enthusiasm to “do a million things at once.” As I have said before,

Joy, music, reality

A Joyous Week…

….. OK every once in a while the cosmos delivers a week of pure Joy! Maybe it’s a dividend for months of Winter’s hardship or maybe it’s just a random numbers “thing” – you know the more you hang in there the more you get. I’m not sure what the rationale is or if there

Joy, music, reality

A Joyous Week…

….. OK every once in a while the cosmos delivers a week of pure Joy! Maybe it’s a dividend for months of Winter’s hardship or maybe it’s just a random numbers “thing” – you know the more you hang in there the more you get. I’m not sure what the rationale is or if there

reality, Toronto

On the kindness of strangers…….

My name is not Blanche and I am not a character in a Tennessee Williams’ play. I’ll reserve comment on the author’s chosen name later. However, I am a person in need of help from time to time, because I struggle, as many of us do, to: 1. Pay the bills. 2. Do the right

reality, Toronto

On the kindness of strangers…….

My name is not Blanche and I am not a character in a Tennessee Williams’ play. I’ll reserve comment on the author’s chosen name later. However, I am a person in need of help from time to time, because I struggle, as many of us do, to: 1. Pay the bills. 2. Do the right

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