November 16 was Button Day, so I am told. I am not sure whose idea this was. Most days of real significance have their origins in historical or cultural occurrences. Somehow, to have a day for buttons seems a little frivolous. A quick Google search led to this blog and their offerings: Button Collecting and […]
Remembrance Day is the one day of the year that I read “In Flanders Fields.” It is all about being connected, about paying back in some small, more like infinitesimal way, the great debt that we owe to those who did not make it back from the many battles that had to be fought, so
Well I just had to post to-day about the fact that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has set up a page on Facebook. Now, you can rub shoulders not just with movie stars, but with royalty. It is really a very “cool” page with lots of people posting welcomes including me. Some pointed out how
Terrorism is not new. It has been with us since the beginning. On November 5, Britains “celebrate” one of the most “celebrated” acts of terrorism – Guy Fawkes Night. Here is more than you want to read about a “guy” in the 1600’s, 1605 to be exact, who set out to blow up the British Parliament.
I read my horoscope these days. I don’t live by it; but I find its little ironies interesting. There have been times in my life when I refused to read newspapers, let alone their horoscopes…there was just too much bad news. Yes, the bad news is still there, maybe I’ve become inured to it or
Paul, the octopus, has died. You remember Paul. He predicted the winner of 8 world cup matches in the last world cup series in South Africa. OK, he was based in Germany – or should I say “tanked” in Germany. Caretakers would put a flag from each of the opposing teams on one of two tanks. Whichever
I was just about ready to pack away the Christmas paraphernalia when I came across two brilliant cards that I was sent this year. The first one was from Lucy Neatby. Lucy used a photo from her sister’s collection, (Her sister is a professional photographer in England – see link) , cleverly added some text
Here is the story of the other dust bunny that crossed my path last week. I came home Friday night to my Oct. 23 – Nov 5/06 issue of Canadian Business and lo and behold there was an article about Spinrite under the heading “Spun Wrong”. Now anyone who has ever knit with Patons, Bernat,
I’ve said before, – I love it when “things”, interesting “things” happen in clusters, criss-crossing, like – well I would like to say ligtening bolts, but really my life isn’t that exciting – how about dust bunnies – in an otherwise ordinary day….well week. On Wednesday I took my father out to lunch for his
I never thought that I would feel badly about the demise of a plastic ornament, most specifically a pink plastic falmingo. But there he (or she) was on the front page of the business section of Saturday’s paper looking a little forlorn under the heading “endangered species” and I thought “oh no!” I never really
