October 2013

reality

FlyKly is coming…

In an earlier post I talked about Kickstarter.com and mentioned a project that a designer, I know, is hoping to get off the ground. Today, I decided to take a look at some of the other projects on the site. I hadn’t gone very far when I saw FlyKly. Just to put things in perspective, my […]

Art, reality

Have You Heard of Kickstarter?

Have you heard of Kickstarter.com? I hadn’t until yesterday. It is a site that garners funding for art and other creative projects. I found out about it because a knitting designer that I have known for years wanted to publish her video on stranded knitting, however, she didn’t have the funds to do it. Enter

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Life According To Yogi….

This post was the result of a conversation at dinner last night. Somehow, we got to talking about Yogi Berra. We mentioned a few of his more famous quotations and I said, that I bet, if I looked up some more, I could write a post on them. Well here goes… 1. “It ain’t over,

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Why I won’t be moving to a small town soon…

There was an article in the business section the other day about selling your home in the city and moving to a small town. Many do this when they retire, because, if you picked the right small town, you could perhaps buy a house at less than half the selling price of your house in

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5 Minute Friday – the ultimate quickie :)

Another example of the power of networks. I was reading a blog posted in the Ultimate blog Challenge today and they mentioned that their post was the result of a prompt from the site, Five Minute Fridays. Here are the rules: We write for five minutes flat. All on the same prompt that I post here

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Wither the Wilbury’s…?

My daughter sent us a text last night asking if we had heard of the Wilbury’s or more correctly “The Travelling Wilbury’s.” I hadn’t and I couldn’t believe that hadn’t given that one of the band members was Bob Dylan, a favourite. The other members included: George Harrison – I liked the Beatles, but didn’t

Art, reality, Toronto

Curb Wars

I was skimming through the paper today, when I came across an article that actually mentioned my street. This is rare. The article was about the tricky business of street parking. We live in the inner city, in an area that was probably developed in the late 1920’s or early 30’s. This means that they

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House of the Living Dead ???

OK it is a little dramatic, but I am always amazed by the time and effort that some people put into celebrating Hallowe’en. The most avid start early, some as early as the end of September. Although there are pumpkins available in the stores before October, it’s really too early to put them out, because

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Artwiculate

The other day I posted that I needed to connect to a few more twitter platforms. I like, but don’t need, the app by which my plants can remind me to water them. I just have to take one look at their drooping leaves. This is not rocket science!! No, the connection that I really

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“I’m thirsty,” said the Aspidestra.

Just when you think that you have seen everything, along comes a concept that reminds you that you have only just scratched the surface. This realization, in turn, reminds you of how finite you really are and how infinitely small your brain really is, sigh!! I have been resisting Twitter. Well, I’m “on” Twitter and

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