I’ve spent most of this week reading. OK, I had errands to run, shopping to do, and orders to fill at work. Yes, there were also the people who came to power wash the stonework, paint the front door and the inside banister. Plus, there was the complication of taking off all the old (antique) […]
Today I bought “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig. I have mentioned this book before in an earlier post. It’s a must read for anyone interested in words. Basically, it is a lexicon of terms the author has coined to deal with those feelings we all have, but are unable to express because
Our writing word for today is “card.” It’s my suggestion, because last week was a week of “cards.” First my husband finally got a Presto card. Our local transit system, the TTC, is phasing out money and tokens in favour of electronic cards that you top-up on-line and then use to board trains and buses,
This post is a little out of sync, but then hasn’t everything been lately!! Extreme cold must dull the brain. The temperature has been plunging regularly to the -20s ºC from the mid – 10s ºC this February, making it the coldest February on record. Hence, I have had “brain-freeze.” Things need to lighten up
I have just finished reading the book “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed. I loved it!! I now have to see the movie, starring Reese Witherspoon. In a nutshell, it’s the story of a women who walked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on her own, when she was twenty-six. It all happened in the summer of 1995.
Do you often feel that what seems to be accidental is often very purposeful? Have you ever had the feeling that The Cosmos might be speaking to you, even directing you, with unseen hands, toward your goal (s)? Let me explain. I have this 50,000 word manuscript that is really just an outline of a
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
A while ago, I traded the ironing of my son’s shirts for some of his tech savvy. I decided, the other day, to cash in a few of the points I had accumulated and have him set us up on Netflix. “Take that, Rogers on Demand.” Even though my husband and I are polar opposites
It’s always an interesting diversion to muse about names – why certain names are popular at certain times and in certain places, for example. I’ve been reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. I’m at the middle of the book and it is almost the middle of March – how is that for irony 🙂 Anyway there
I have said before, many times in fact, that I live in a country where it warms up to snow!!! Well, the weather has been hovering around -20ºC for almost a month, now and although it’s been often quite sunny, it’s been far too cold to take a walk longer than from the house to
