“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen, who will be 79 on Sept 21. And he’s still cracking – err – cranking it out!!! Here is the first part of the poem- Anthem – The birds they sangAt the break of dayStart againI heard them sayDon’t dwell […]
One of my favourite quotations is – “They also serve who only stand and wait.” It’s from a poem by John Milton entitled “On His Blindness.” There are so many times when I have had to wait – in line, on the phone, on the computer…. or I see people waiting and I can’t help
It always amazes me that as soon as you create something – there is something out there that wants to destroy it. Maybe this is just basic physics, in that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction – so create something interesting and those who are bored will find a way to
I follow a lot of posts and blogs by knitting designers because I am interested in what they are doing and where they get their design inspiration. Today a very famous designer and teacher, Cat Bordhi posted and I realized that she had named her blog site – “Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things.“ Well, this
There is something incredibly awesome about this place. There are no mountains – just high land and lake – huge lake and rock – so much rock that you wonder if there is anything else except rock and trees and water. It was when I went to see the pictographs that I realized what else
We left last Friday August 31 to drive our daughter to Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and tomorrow we will head back to TO. It’s been a great trip!!! The drive for the most part is spectacular with gorgeous views of Lake Superior and the highlands. Thunder Bay has a lovely waterfront park and the
OK I raised my kids on Gold Fish crackers and KD – that’s Kraft Dinner not K. D. Lang. Some say that if you have a child until the age of seven, you have them for life and I think that they must be right, because my 30-year-old still eats KD and my daughter at 20, bought
I have a bilingual garlic keeper. OK I live in Canada, but to my knowledge I don’t think that I am required, by law, to have a garlic keeper that’s bilingual. Now maybe if I lived in Quebec, I might have to, or maybe it would be uni-lingual – French. Anyway, I have always loved
This is the title of a very old song that my mother loved. It was sung by Tessie Brewer and I think I liked it because she did. Anyway it is the theme that I am working on for the next few blogs (maybe 30). I know that the actual theme of this web blog
I don’t usually read fiction but I read, years ago, Edna O’Brien’s “August is a Wicked Month.” As fiction goes, it was interesting and given that I read it while waiting in line to see exhibits at Expo ’67, it was time well spent. However, this August I think must take the “cup” for being
