Author name: Carol Tomany

poetry, words

Poetry and Perfume

Yesterday’s post about scents really warranted a follow up. I think that the Demeter Fragrance Company needs some help in identifying perfumes for the letters U and X, since they have none listed. I thought that I might draw on my interest in poetry to give them some ideas. The first poem that came to […]

Art, words

Heaven Scent

I can’t remember the exact day that they chose the new pope, but I think it was last Sunday. So today is Saturday – just a week later and Demeter, a fragrance company, has just launched a new scent, “Holy Water.” Perhaps the company started experimenting back in mid-February, when the last pope said he

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Time to Buy Shares in Windex!!

OK I have completely lost my mind. Either the winter has been too long and I’m suffering from cabin fever or I’m giddy and light-headed because of the three days of sun that we had on the weekend, but here’s my third post in a row with a video!! I just couldn’t resist this one

poetry, unicorns

American Pi

I know it’s my second post in a row with a video, but I just couldn’t resist this one for Pi Day! Here’s a musical tribute to the mathematical formula, sung to the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Not only is today Pi Day, it’s also Einstein’s birthday, the eve of the “Ides of March”

books

Magic and a used book store…..

Someone posted this video to my wall the other day. It’s the story behind the expression “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.” In brief the British government in 1939 commissioned posters to be created, printed and distributed throughout the UK in an effort to calm fears about the impending war. Three posters were selected including the

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Advice from a Caterpillar….

I couldn’t resist the name of this shop. It is actually a children’s wear boutique, but it says so much more. What would a caterpillar tell you? Would he say…. 1. Believe that one day you will fly. Believe that you will soar above your limitations, above your frailties, above everything that keeps you low,

reality, Toronto

Yes, Virginia, there are angels…

My daughter is in Toronto for the week before she heads back to Thunder Bay to do her second in a series of 3 practicums for her teaching certificate. True to form, she has managed to pack out her vacation week. First, she got a job as a camp councillor for a Spring Break children’s

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I Saw The Light

I couldn’t resist this shot. It’s the physical equivalent of all those times when you are just walking down the street and an idea hits you!! Well, I was just walking down the street when I almost bumped into this lamp in front of an antique shop. It was random and it was funny. It

blogging

How did this happen…?

I am amazed at the power and the interconnectedness (is that a word?) of networks! I now post in 5 blogging groups. I sat down today, to work out how this happened. It probably began back in 2009 or 2010 when I was thinking – I really should get my blog up again. I started

reality

Miracles in March!!

Spring always amazes me. When something as spare and barren as this – can become this in a matter of days, it makes me believe in divine intervention! A week ago I brought Forsythia branches in for “forcing.” They are for me the definition of Spring. All the bland, grey sparseness of Winter disappears in

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