…..let me count the ways – my apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Well, 1. We had several days of brilliant sun this week – always a joy even in snow and bitter cold. 2. I resolved an issue with the person who is taking over the knitting retreat that eight of us have organized for […]
Most of this week has been grey – very grey with rain. I suppose I could have found some joy in the fact that at least it wasn’t snow. I also did enjoy the memory it gave me of living in England many years ago. I loved my two years in London and still keep
“When troubles come, they don’t come as single spies, they come as in battalions.” So yes, when my husband died, I had to deal with a myriad of tasks in a very short space of time. I had to – 1. Contact a funeral service to deal with his remains and carry out a cremation.
Now, that I have written of my husband’s passing, I can now write about all the mis-steps along the way. There was: First, the complications of Covid that delayed appointments from March until May. In fact, it wasn’t until July 8, 2021 that he received his Cancer diagnosis, a full 4 months after the onset
Our writing word this time is “light.” It’s the word I have given, mainly because at this time of year, I need light!! I know we collectively, do a wonderful job of creating light in our winter darkness. We decorate our houses, our trees, our pathways, with a myriad of sparkling colours, to give us
I have always loved Fridays. When I was teaching, it was the end of the week of a commitment to a job that gave you enough money to enjoy a few days off at the end of that week. Friday was the beginning of the weekend – time off to catch up. Yes, there was
The fourth word in our memory writing challenge is “stove.” I have a fascination with stoves. I once wrote a post about an Aga range. I have always wanted to own an Aga. The first memory I have of a stove that came close to an Aga was when my parents bought a cottage (it
The word for our third memory challenge is “ply.” It’s a simple 3 letter word with a depth of meaning, no pun intended. “Ply,” as a noun, means “layering.” As a verb it is often defined as “pushing on,” layering ones efforts repeatedly to achieve an end. I have dealt with ply in an industrial
The word for our second memory challenge is “ladder.” Here’s how I remembered it. Given that my father was a silver medalist in Canadian diving, height had very little effect on him. Placing a ladder on the apex of a bungalow’s roof so he could climb up and fix the orientation of our TV antenna
