The other day I wrote about the L’Arche community and their commitment to mentally disabled adults. I wrote about my experiences with Cameron and friends and neighbours who are involved with the Vanier institute. However, I had forgotten to mention something that happened a few days ago on the subway. I was coming home from […]
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
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
…… I may also be getting my sense of humour back. That is, I seemed to have lost, for a while anyway, not only my enthusiasm for writing, but also my ability to find the humour and/or irony in situations that I come across daily. Well, my sense of humour has always been a little
Today the temperature will be -14ºC. It’s body freeze weather, so why am I trying to thaw out my brain? Perhaps it’s because I have read a few articles this morning that have nudged me, into re-thinking my lack of thinking – does this make any sense? You see, I haven’t been posting and I
1. Deer Musk -a substance with a persistent odour obtained from a gland of the male musk deer situated between its back/rectal area. The substance has been extensively used as a perfume fixative, incense material, and medicine, since ancient times. It was and still is one of the most expensive animal products in the world. The name originates from the Sanskrit word
While shopping for Christmas gifts this December, I came across a book entitled “Worn.” It’s a collection of stories by famous personalities about special garments that have become part of their life. It got me thinking about the clothes that people wear and how so many of them must have amazing stories to tell. I
I was nominated awhile ago for the Leibster award – an award for bloggers to help bust their “hits” and the “hits” of others that they nominate and I took so long to respond that I have been nominated again by a blogger in another group. First I would like to thank Caro Ness for
All festivities have their own particular challenges, I’m sure. However, as I was hanging out of the second story window of my house the other day, in the bitter cold, trying to reach the top of a twelve foot cedar tree, with my three-pronged cultivator, I decided that celebrating Christmas, in North America anyway, had
I read an interesting article in the paper the other day, that became even more interesting when I realized that I had actually been “involved” in the situation over fifty years ago. Let me explain. The article was about a construction company digging up an old church parking lot and suddenly finding human remains, coffins,
