I live in a two story house. Since neither my husband nor I like heights and since I didn’t want to endanger the lives and limbs of my kids, we use a cleaning service, once or twice a year, to clean the windows. Yesterday their office called with a reasonable quote to clean the windows, […]
I think that I suffer from “muse swings” as opposed to “mood swings.” I may have mood swings as well, but I too often swing between having no ideas for a post and having too many ideas for just one post. Today I have too many, so here is a list, which you are welcome
I’m cheating. I don’t have an idea for a blog today, so I have popped along to Five-minute Fridays for their post topic. Again the idea is that you give yourself five minutes to write without editing and just enjoy the process!! Their topic today is “grace.” Here goes: I often say, as many have,
Some how I missed the fact that October 27 was National Tell A Story Day. It is celebrated more in England and Scotland than in North America, but it sounds like a wonderful day. I’m not very good at making up stories. That being said, I am always making up stories about people I see in
It’s about 9:30am and I’m having tea and toast for breakfast, while reading The Cremation of Sam McGee. I have a beautifully illustrated version with paintings by Ted Harrison and an introduction by Pierre Berton. It’s a keeper. However I am not sure that it’s breakfast reading. Yes, it’s getting cold out there, but it
The weather these days has been more like November than October, so I decided to wear my winter coat. Now I get attached to things and a warm coat that works – which means…… 1. It has lots of pockets. 2. It fits. 3. It’s long enough to cover those parts of the legs that
In an earlier post I talked about Kickstarter.com and mentioned a project that a designer, I know, is hoping to get off the ground. Today, I decided to take a look at some of the other projects on the site. I hadn’t gone very far when I saw FlyKly. Just to put things in perspective, my
Have you heard of Kickstarter.com? I hadn’t until yesterday. It is a site that garners funding for art and other creative projects. I found out about it because a knitting designer that I have known for years wanted to publish her video on stranded knitting, however, she didn’t have the funds to do it. Enter
There was an article in the business section the other day about selling your home in the city and moving to a small town. Many do this when they retire, because, if you picked the right small town, you could perhaps buy a house at less than half the selling price of your house in
I was skimming through the paper today, when I came across an article that actually mentioned my street. This is rare. The article was about the tricky business of street parking. We live in the inner city, in an area that was probably developed in the late 1920’s or early 30’s. This means that they
