We went away for a few days last month and invariably visited some small towns in the area around Algonquin Park. When we were in Huntsville, we happened to walk past this cafe. I know that often if you grow up with a name or a place, it usually doesn’t strike you as odd. However, […]
I was thrilled to hear that Canadian author, Alice Munro, has won the Nobel prize for literature. I am also embarrassed to say that I obviously didn’t appreciate the one book I read of hers, The Lives of Girls and Women. I’ll read some more. In reading the accolades in the paper, I am told
Often I write about not having an idea for a post, however, I generally end up putting together a paragraph or two – go figure. The other day I posted about having too many ideas for just one post and listed them. So now, when I am going through a dry period, I pop back
I have been nominated for a blogging award, The Liebster, by a star blogger Muriel Jacques. This is indeed an honour! The procedure is as follows: 1. Answer the 11 questions asked by Muriel. 2. Nominate 11 new bloggers. 3. Create 11 questions for them to answer.. So here goes – Muriel’s question and then
Yesterday in the Toronto Star (newspaper) there was a small article about an upcoming poetry competition. Now I brake for poetry!! So I stopped and read the rules: 1. The poems must be taken from the words and topics published in the paper. 2. The competition starts in November. 3. Poems should be no longer
The other day I posted about my “problem” finding an inexpensive soap dish for our new shower wall. I finally caved in and decided to drive out to this store that was listed as having the only $5.00 soap dish in the world, that one could screw into a shower wall. It was miles away
Yesterday I posted about the all night Art party that Toronto has hosted for the last 8 years, Nuit Blanche. I had taken a few more pictures, so this post will be more of an album of the evening. I’m still behind a few posts in my blog-a-day challenge for 2013. I hope that you
Last Saturday was Toronto’s 8th Nuit Blanche, an amazing all night Art event. From 7:00pm to 7:00am huge crowds fill the downtown areas of the city to view an incredible array of art installations. My husband and I have gone out every year, rain or shine. This time, the weather was almost balmy, with just
I am slowly mending the pieces of my life that decided to fall apart this month. OK it is Fall, but do we have to take it literally!! First, we managed to get a contractor to install a new shower in the bathroom, after the old one started leaking. Two weeks without a shower is,
Yesterday, I wrote about how the cosmos was ganging up on me and starting to slowly dismantle all the bits and bobs that help me glue my life together, like dinner!! How could I keep everything from falling apart, if I couldn’t cook a hot meal from time to time. You see, my stove quit
