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
Matins are morning prayers. I’ve written about them before. Whether you are given to prayer or not or even to a belief in God, doing something “up lifting” in the morning is therapeutic. The book I’m working through – it’s actually a 12 week course – The Artist’s Way – mandates that you write three
Our word for today is “utensil.” I’ve said before that I’m a gadget freak. I have posted about sieves, may even have waxed eloquent about them. I have also written about cherry pitters and melon ballers. Today, I decided I had to write about a runcible spoon, from The Owl and the Pussycat. When I
