August 2012

words

August is a wicked month….

I don’t usually read fiction but I read, years ago, Edna O’Brien’s “August is a Wicked Month.” As fiction goes, it was interesting and given that I read it while waiting in line to see exhibits at Expo ’67, it was time well spent. However, this August I think must take the “cup” for being […]

books, Food, photography

Less is more…

Three articles in a row on a similar theme usually means that someone is trying to tell me something.   First there was the book review of a new book entitled The Book of Marvels by Lorna Crozier. It’s a book of essays on household items – relating them to life. Something like… a bowl can

books, Food, photography

Less is more…

Three articles in a row on a similar theme usually means that someone is trying to tell me something.   First there was the book review of a new book entitled The Book of Marvels by Lorna Crozier. It’s a book of essays on household items – relating them to life. Something like… a bowl can

Food, poetry

Where the sidewalk ends….

I have a few regrets in life and sometimes I don’t realize that I should regret something until I hear someone say, “Oh I did this or I remember that” and it wasn’t even on my radar screen.  Well it happened again this morning I was reading the “Impossible” blog and some one posted a

Food, poetry

Where the sidewalk ends….

I have a few regrets in life and sometimes I don’t realize that I should regret something until I hear someone say, “Oh I did this or I remember that” and it wasn’t even on my radar screen.  Well it happened again this morning I was reading the “Impossible” blog and some one posted a

Art

“Some are born great…..

…some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.”  And I would like to add that some just live down the road from greatness and feel that their lives are elevated by mere happenstance or serendipity. This is what I posted for the heading “old” in the latest photo scavenger hunt.  It’s the side

biking

Impossible…????

OK I have decided that I want one of these T-Shirts.  You can buy them from here – http://joelrunyon.com/two3/category/good-stories Well this is just one of his blog posts – but he does do these challenges and you can write to him and maybe he’ll send you a T-shirt, if you have done something…well, impossible. But

biking

Impossible…????

OK I have decided that I want one of these T-Shirts.  You can buy them from here – http://joelrunyon.com/two3/category/good-stories Well this is just one of his blog posts – but he does do these challenges and you can write to him and maybe he’ll send you a T-shirt, if you have done something…well, impossible. But

books

What’s a book store….?

Funny you should ask….I was in Indigo last night – my husband needed another mystery book so we combined it with a walk and I kinda “hung out”  and waited for him to get something to read.  I had my camera so I amused myself by taking pictures of the shelves where books used to

hiking

Sunday..Sunday..

I know that the song is Monday, Monday, but yesterday – Sunday was awesome – in a spiritual sense it really was a holy day.  First there was the sun – all day and the angels in the sky….. And then there was nature at her loveliest…Swan Lake, for example…. And then there was the

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