Author name: Carol Tomany

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February Freeze

This post is a little out of sync, but then hasn’t everything been lately!! Extreme cold must dull the brain. The temperature has been plunging regularly to the -20s ºC from the mid – 10s ºC this February, making it the coldest February on record. Hence, I have had “brain-freeze.” Things need to lighten up […]

unicorns, words

Say “No” to the Dress

I just had to comment on the insane re-posting and “discussions,” if they can be called that, of a particular dress, more or specifically, the colours of a particular dress on FB. “Maybe it’s the time of year or maybe it’s the time of man,” but every once in a while a totally meaningless item,

reality

Type B vs Type A personalities

I am obviously a type B personality who has accidently subscribed to a few Type A blogs. Every once in a while I read a post that is so foreign to my world and my way of thinking that I have to share my comments on it – just to put things into perspective. Here

unicorns, words

Sign sign, everywhere a sign!

Winter seems to bring out the signs. You know, the ones that say, “Wet floor, be careful.” It’s wet, no doubt, from all the slushy boots that melt, as people stand in line for coffee or something dryer 🙂 Or the signs, that say, “Use at your own risk,” for all those stairs that are

Art, words

Three Charlottes, Four Marys, Five…..

I was reading a post the other day that began “Three more Charlottes.” The author, Charlotte Henley Babb, was researching famous women named Charlotte. One of her posts was about Grace Kelly’s  mother-in-law – quite an infamous woman. But that’s an aside. Her title, Three Charlottes, made me think of and old folk song entitled

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Crepuscular Cryptics…..

I tend to write in the morning, very early. In fact, right now, it’s just after 7:00am. The day will begin soon. However, I bask in the half light, that time after night and just before day – twilight in reverse. Animals who are up and about, at this time are called crepuscular. Not actually

unicorns

What Is Normal….?

………I have always admired people who can live in a normal way. You know, the ones who accept the ordinary, the repetition, the hum drum and still smile. They smile when it snows or rains or shines, nothing is too spectacular or too horrid for them, they just chug along accepting everything…..with a smile. Maybe

reality

I Hate Change

It’s not that I don’t want to learn new “things” or move out of my comfort zone, it’s just that I am terrified of the “domino effect” that often occurs when you make one seemingly simple change. Let me explain. I have been taking a serious look at my business expenses lately and finding ways

books, poetry

Wild, Wilder, Wildest

I have just finished reading the book “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed. I loved it!! I now have to see the movie, starring Reese Witherspoon. In a nutshell, it’s the story of a women who walked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on her own, when she was twenty-six. It all happened in the summer of 1995.

books, unicorns

Peace and Paperwhites

Do you often feel that what seems to be accidental is often very purposeful? Have you ever had the feeling that The Cosmos might be speaking to you, even directing you, with unseen hands, toward your goal (s)? Let me explain. I have this 50,000 word manuscript that is really just an outline of a

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