OK it is a little dramatic, but I am always amazed by the time and effort that some people put into celebrating Hallowe’en. The most avid start early, some as early as the end of September. Although there are pumpkins available in the stores before October, it’s really too early to put them out, because […]
The other day I posted that I needed to connect to a few more twitter platforms. I like, but don’t need, the app by which my plants can remind me to water them. I just have to take one look at their drooping leaves. This is not rocket science!! No, the connection that I really
Just when you think that you have seen everything, along comes a concept that reminds you that you have only just scratched the surface. This realization, in turn, reminds you of how finite you really are and how infinitely small your brain really is, sigh!! I have been resisting Twitter. Well, I’m “on” Twitter and
We went away for a few days last month and invariably visited some small towns in the area around Algonquin Park. When we were in Huntsville, we happened to walk past this cafe. I know that often if you grow up with a name or a place, it usually doesn’t strike you as odd. However,
I was thrilled to hear that Canadian author, Alice Munro, has won the Nobel prize for literature. I am also embarrassed to say that I obviously didn’t appreciate the one book I read of hers, The Lives of Girls and Women. I’ll read some more. In reading the accolades in the paper, I am told
Often I write about not having an idea for a post, however, I generally end up putting together a paragraph or two – go figure. The other day I posted about having too many ideas for just one post and listed them. So now, when I am going through a dry period, I pop back
I have been nominated for a blogging award, The Liebster, by a star blogger Muriel Jacques. This is indeed an honour! The procedure is as follows: 1. Answer the 11 questions asked by Muriel. 2. Nominate 11 new bloggers. 3. Create 11 questions for them to answer.. So here goes – Muriel’s question and then
Yesterday in the Toronto Star (newspaper) there was a small article about an upcoming poetry competition. Now I brake for poetry!! So I stopped and read the rules: 1. The poems must be taken from the words and topics published in the paper. 2. The competition starts in November. 3. Poems should be no longer
The other day I posted about my “problem” finding an inexpensive soap dish for our new shower wall. I finally caved in and decided to drive out to this store that was listed as having the only $5.00 soap dish in the world, that one could screw into a shower wall. It was miles away
Yesterday I posted about the all night Art party that Toronto has hosted for the last 8 years, Nuit Blanche. I had taken a few more pictures, so this post will be more of an album of the evening. I’m still behind a few posts in my blog-a-day challenge for 2013. I hope that you
