Our word for today is “fulcrum.” I have a love-hate relationship with this word. It means a pivotal point. In fact, fulcrums are essential, if you want an “easy life.” Think of the importance of hinges on doors, or that gadget that holds an oar in place on a row boat or the small grey […]
Our word for today is “medium.” On the surface, it’s a very common, unpretentious, almost banal word. Do not be deceived! It has a depth, that borders on the mystical…… I first thought of “The Medium is the Message.” I’m a great fan of Marshall McLuhan, who was probably the first person to make us
Our word for today is “hangover.” It might be more appropriate to write this for New Year’s Day, when celebrants have had too much alcohol to drink the night before. Of course, some have hangovers everyday. So today would be just like any other. Fortunately, it’s been a long time since I’ve suffered a hangover
Today, our writing word is contact. For me, contact, is all about connections… clicking… finding your other half. The other day we were talking about time wasters or maybe they were time soothers, pastimes that eased the troubled mind. Some played solitaire, others did crossword puzzles and still others preferred the more graphic jig saw
Another word to write about (about which to write)….I may be catching up, but I may also be losing it!! Adjustments….let me count the ways. How many times in a day, an hour, even a minute, do we make adjustments? Smooth the hair, settle the jacket, sniff, blink….. It’s those unconscious movements or moments that
My word for this post is “patches.” Finally, I found sometime to write. I know I’ve been holding up my writing partner, but I got a rush of orders for Infiknit and well the orders come first!! Anyway, the delay has given me time to think about the word. It is actually my word, in
Our next word is “poise” – grace, especially grace under pressure. It’s a word for our times. For women coming forward to address the issue of sexual harassment, the worst being rape. Certainly Christine Blasey Ford showed poise – grace under extreme pressure, in her testimony against Brett Kavanaugh, which was televised. It takes a
Perfectionism is our word for today. I am not a perfectionist, although I am getting better. I marvel at people who spend time on “things” to get everything just right. I’m more of the “just do it.” Not so much to dash it off – a league or so away from perfection, but just to
My friend has started a “Go-Fund Me” campaign to help bring the minimum wage project, which was started by the Liberal government and cancelled by the new government, to completion. It has one more year after this one, to run its course and be accurately evaluated. People on the program – 4,000 in all, have
