knitting

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold….maybe…

There was an interesting post to my FB wall yesterday about knitting. Yes I am still involved in the knitting community and I do enjoy articles that add to its mystique!! The article from The Guardian,  listed several little know facts about knitting and its uses, other than to make scarves, socks and sweaters!! There […]

reality, unicorns

What does it take to win “gold?”

….maybe just an empty net and a flukey missed shot. How many times have you succeeded in spite of the odds and how many times have you missed a wide open opportunity? These moments happened in Olympic proportions yesterday to the Canadian woman’s hockey team. Down 2-1 against the US, they pulled their goalie. At

blogging

Chicken scratch….and lip-sync-ed lives

…..the other day I was scratching around for a blog post. You know there wasn’t much out there that was being “ironical.” OK, it was bright and sunny, which might have deceived us into thinking that it was warmer.  No, it was still around -12ºC, warming up to -7ºC as it clouded over. We did

Art, reality

Art and Fat Fingers

I wrote a post the other day on doodling. I decided that I might be able to do more doodling and therefore reap the benefits, mentioned in the post, if I could doodle on my phone. So I opened the app store, keyed in “drawing” and came up with several free apps for the purpose.

reality, unicorns

iMaxims and other truths….

Yesterday it was about -1ºC and the day before it was 0. I walked through the cemetery in the sun, listening to my iPhone. It was bliss!! In fact, I hadn’t listened to all of my music in over a year, because it was on an old MP3 player, which I just never remembered to

Art

Doodle-loo…..

I was reading an article the other day on the positive effects of doodling. There is now a book out, by Sunni Brown, on how you can improve your “idle” drawings and reap the benefit of – 1. Improved focus. Yes, apparently drawing during lessons or at meetings keeps your mind from drifting off topic.

reality

-23ºC is not the meaning of life….

I realized this morning that I have become a gadget junkie. On the table in front of me is my Fitbit – charged, my point and shoot camera – charged, my MAC – charged and my iPhone – about to be charged!!! Oh God, I’ve become my father!! I knew that I was in trouble

reality

The Muse of Baking Soda

I was musing in a post the other day about the branding of baking soda. The box was on the counter, because I had to remind myself, or my husband, to pick up more. Even though it is a cleaner, the symbol of the arm and hammer was just a little too industrial for my

reality

A Mixed Salad of a Day….

It was one of those days. You know, toss a lot of good and bad together, add a little dressing of humour and you get salad days 🙂 maybe. It went like this – 1. I decided to walk to work. Since the postman and a neighbour had to push my car out of the

travel

Where in Paris….

My husband has been trolling the site Homeaway.com for an apartment to rent for a week in Paris this summer. Last year we rented an apartment for a week in Rome and then one for another week in Cinque Terre. This combination worked so well that this June we have decided to spend a week in

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