July 2013

words

Paradiso Lost…

My usual coffee at The Second Cup is a small Paradiso to go. I don’t like artificially flavoured coffees and I haven’t taken the time to try some of their other blends. However, I do have their holiday blend when it’s available – usually in December. Well, Caro Ness posted in a blogging group that […]

books

Abandoning Good Reads?

OK, the title may be a little misleading. I was reading an article this morning about the site “Goodreads.” Apparently one of their blogposts was about books that people abandon – Fifty Shades of Grey and J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy were the most commonly abandoned books lately, according to the site.  I haven’t

travel

100 places to see before you die….

Actually I have the book 1,000 places to see before you die and the book 1,000 foods to eat before you die, or something like that. I have said before that I’m a sucker for a list. Anyway Anita-Clare Field posted this site http://www.listchallengeapp.com/travellistchallenge/ to my FB wall and I was intrigued. Sagrada Familia, Barcelona It’s

Art

Thank you…

There are some things that this blog has accomplished. Actually there are a lot of things that this blog has accomplished and it is not the blog itself but you, the reader, that has helped make them happen and I just want to say “Thank you.” The last year or so have been very stressful

books

And Then There Were None…..

Paula Deen isn’t the only celebrity guilty of using the “N” word a long time ago. One of Agatha Christie’s most popular books started out as “10 Little ‘N’s“. It was changed to “10 Little Indians” and finally changed to “And Then There Were None.” Mysterious name change 🙂 I am just about to re-read

Art

The Psychology of the Bobble Head Doll

My daughter headed out early this morning to meet friends for breakfast, before going to “the game.” The game, in summer, in North America, is none other than baseball!! Today, at the Skydome, they were giving out Arencibia bobble head dolls, to the – not sure of the exact number but maybe – first 10,000

books

You know you are weird when…….

……you have several of these books in your own personal library – 12 More Weird Books That Really Exist. I guess I can’t resist a list, so when Mental Floss posted this list to my FB wall, I had to take a look. OK the first one is a coffee table book of fabulous photos of

poetry

“God is a Scottish Drag Queen”

Obviously I live a sheltered life.  I have never heard of the performance, “God is a Scottish Drag Queen” before.  One of my knitting friends, Fiona Ellis,  posted it to my FB wall. Notice that I said “knitting” friend.  I didn’t say “theatre” friend, or “drag queen” friend or even “Scottish” friend. Apparently this review

unicorns

Never a Snark….

….always a Boojum.  I must apologize for not finishing the story of the intruder that my sister found sleeping on her couch one night. I thought that I had forgotten what had happened and in fact, in talking to my sister, I realized that what had actually happened was a “Boojum” – a drifting off

unicorns

Couch Surfing or….

Someone posted to my FB wall a story about a family in BC who had come home to find a naked man cooking breakfast in their kitchen. He had apparently showered, shaved etc, and in fact had done everything, but gotten dressed and was about to make himself a meal, when the owners arrived home!!

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