My husband and I were having a conversation over dinner last night. It was something that our neighbour had asked him. This is the husband of a young couple who had moved in next door, about three years ago. They have an 18 month-old, both of them are teachers, grandparents are around all the time. […]
I am not a great fan of Graffiti or at least I wasn’t until I came across this site – Graffiti Art of the Day. It seems to be a tumblr site that posts graffiti finds sent in by others. This is the one that I loved the most. Some graffiti I find a little
I wonder if I can predict the day, just by the FB entries that I bother to read. At 7:00am in a semi somnolent state, I often cruise through my wall posts. I am not fully awake and it is almost as though my subconscious were directing my hand. In the last 45mins. I have
I have a very suspicious mind. I often have difficulty believing that things just are what they are. I always think that there is an extra dimension to something seemingly quite simple, for example: 1. I was considering signing up on one of those sites that stored your passwords for you. Then I thought, what
I was hoping the plant “Bleeding Heart” had a lovely folk tale associated with it. Sadly, it doesn’t. It should have, though, because it’s a gorgeous flower with a very romantic name. I plant the flowers that grew in my grandmother’s garden. Gardens have this ability to preserve so much of life. I think of
Blog block again today – writer’s block for bloggers. Nothing jumped out at me by way of an idea for a blog this morning and I am sure that this happens to a lot of writers. I warmed a little to the idea of writing about body parts that were named after people, such as,
I have to pay tribute today to another pioneer who has died – Ray Harryhausen. He played a major role in stop motion photography and moved animation based on this technique dramatically forward. Here is a tribute to him published online in the CBC news. He is also credited with influencing so much of the
Hot on the heels of May the Fourth (force) is an Audi commercial that just might win awards. I have to pay tribute to the creative minds that dream up these amazing scenes. Who would have thought that you could “star” Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto in a car commercial that included a rendition of
Names are really personal, unless you are 1 of 5 Jennifers, 3 Katherines, 4 Jasons and few Nicks in a group. Maybe this is why parents try to give their kids distinctive names. I know there are some parents who give their children really ridiculous names. Either they are set on going against the grain,
I sometimes have trouble finding a particular poem on the internet, because I have remembered a line or two, but have forgotten the title and/or the author. Yesterday, I was looking for a poem to go with a picture that I had taken that reminded me of summer somewhere in small town North America. I
