Last night at dinner I was talking about the list of songs I posted in yesterday’s blog. My husband remembered “Last Train to Clarksville,” because it was a song The Monkees made famous. What ensued was an interesting discussion of manufactured groups in the music industry and groups that came together on their own, such […]
Caro Field posted to my FB wall this list from Potomac Secret Agent. I couldn’t resist it!! You have to be familiar with the lyrics of a few songs to appreciate the origin of this list. I remember most of them. I particularly like the song “Stairway to Heaven.” In fact, I planted Jacob’s Ladder
Translated it means YarnOver SleepOver 2014. The weekend just past, I was one of 10 organizers of a knitting retreat at the Fern Resort in Orillia, ON. Twenty seven knitters came to learn, laugh, love and laze. It was awesome!! Here are a few pictures – Above Mary Pat is teaching the purled German cast-on.
OK I know that I probably should have written 30ºC and climbing but 90 seemed much more emphatic and emphasis was my goal, yesterday anyway!! Monday started out as a normal Monday. Maybe this is a contradiction in terms, what Monday is ever normal? This one by all accounts should have been. You see it
I took a photo walk today in the cemetery. Since I’m leading a photo hike on a retreat this weekend, I thought that I would try to get some pictures which follow the basic rules of photography. I managed to find examples of two of them. Framing: I love this tree. It reminds me of
Left hand turns, while driving, a car can be tricky!! I remember chatting to people who had just learned to drive and laughing at the circuitous routes they took to get from A to B, in order to avoid a left hand turn. Driving is supposed to speed things up. I could have walked there
I’m sure that you have heard the metaphors that use the example of two cows to explain various political and economic theories. Here is an example from Wikipedia. Socialism: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. Communism: You have two cows. You give them to the Government, and
When I need a lift, I often turn to poetry or photography. We went out last Sunday to buy electrical adaptors so we could plug our phones and computers into French outlets, while on vacation – The French Connections, maybe. Fortunately the owner of The Travel Store on Cumberland knew which one(s) we needed from
Last night at dinner, we were discussing an article which appeared a few days ago in The Toronto Star. Apparently the city is going to build a few cat townhouses here and there throughout the city to protect feral cats from bitterly cold winters, such as the one we have just had!! Feral cats are
This morning, in the Toronto Star, was a wonderful article about a photography artist, Elaine Waisglass, whose exhibit, The Beauty of Life, is on display for the next few weeks at the Roberts Gallery. The article first outlines Ms Waisglass’ long career in the arts from OCAD – Ontario College of Art and Design, through script
