I am working on a blog challenge with a friend. It’s a great way to fight the doldrums that happen in summer, in politics, in aging bodies etc… It’s also a wonderful way of not only improving your writing, but also your outlook. We are giving each other random words and writing a blog post […]
I have delayed creating a video to “finish” my new site Feltedfibre.com. Why? Well, I hadn’t created a video in a few years and there was this “fear” of getting back into it – you know – the learning curve, the setting aside of time, the awkwardness of hearing your own voice, and the emptiness of
……Time gives to suffering. I read this once, when I was reading some Albert Camus. I struggled for years to understand it. In a vague way, I knew that poets suffered through their poems – “Do not go gentle into that good night” – and we know these poems now as Art – “Too much
……. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy a super computer determined that the meaning of life was/is 42. Naturally I assumed that this was a wry joke on the meaninglessness of life – can I say that? Maybe an accountant would understand – break everything down to a number and you’ve got the answer
Another circle, I think, has been completed, with the death of Steven Hawking. Not only did Steven die on Pi day, the day Albert Einstein was born, March 14. Hawking was born on the anniversary of the death of Galileo, January 8. Steven left us on the day we celebrate eternity or at least one
Few things brighten a January day in Toronto. However, today …. 1. The sun was shinning. 2. There was no line-up at the bank. 3. I found a legal parking spot. and…. 4. A red fox crossed my path!! Well, it wasn’t just my path there were, obviously, several other pedestrians, a dozen cars, maybe
I’m cheating. This is repost from a page I wrote for a knitting retreat that I attend in the Spring – Yarnover Sleepover. This year it’s April 20-22 At The Fern Resort, Orillia ON. I hope you enjoy it. Many of us knit or crochet for charity. There is a wonderful feeling about being able
…..warmer weather is always worth writing about. We have moved from daily highs of -20ºC to +10ºC in just a few days. However, it will move back down to -10ºC in just a few hours – sigh! Anyway, warm weather thaws the brain and gets the creative juices working. At the beginning of the thaw, I
A few years ago I changed the window dressings of the upper front rooms in the house – these rooms would be the bathroom and the front (our) bedroom. Actually, if the truth were known, I would gladly have left the windows bare – all the better to see you with – no wait –
……I know the book is “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” but our area of Toronto has not, as yet, been designated a “live chicken” area, so I didn’t have any chickens alive or dead to make chicken soup. However, I did have lots of tomatoes!! I have become increasingly wary of mass produced food, delicious,
