Our word for the last few day has been “hostile.” With the election and all, I haven’t found the time to write, until now. For better or for worse – here it is. Yes, we live in hostile times. One year under the Trump administration and Canadians have been turned away at the border, insulted […]
My word for this post is “patches.” Finally, I found sometime to write. I know I’ve been holding up my writing partner, but I got a rush of orders for Infiknit and well the orders come first!! Anyway, the delay has given me time to think about the word. It is actually my word, in
Our next word is “poise” – grace, especially grace under pressure. It’s a word for our times. For women coming forward to address the issue of sexual harassment, the worst being rape. Certainly Christine Blasey Ford showed poise – grace under extreme pressure, in her testimony against Brett Kavanaugh, which was televised. It takes a
Perfectionism is our word for today. I am not a perfectionist, although I am getting better. I marvel at people who spend time on “things” to get everything just right. I’m more of the “just do it.” Not so much to dash it off – a league or so away from perfection, but just to
My friend has started a “Go-Fund Me” campaign to help bring the minimum wage project, which was started by the Liberal government and cancelled by the new government, to completion. It has one more year after this one, to run its course and be accurately evaluated. People on the program – 4,000 in all, have
Our word for today is “crowds.” It’s from an article I was reading about the crowds of tourists practically destroying the treasures they have come to see. I have said before, there are too many people in this world. That being said, I still find it eerie to be alone in a deserted area. We
Our word for today is “cookie.” I love the baked kind. I can’t remember my mother or my grandmother actually baking cookies. However, my grandmother, always had cookies in her cookie jar, which was shaped like a rather rotund woman – go figure (or not as the case maybe 🙂 I will eat peanut butter
Our word for today is “water.” It’s my word, no doubt influenced by the fact that we are just back from Prince Edward County, which is surrounded by Lake Ontario. Being in the city most of the time, I forget how lovely it is to see the water, especially a large expanse of water, like
