There was an article in the business section the other day about selling your home in the city and moving to a small town. Many do this when they retire, because, if you picked the right small town, you could perhaps buy a house at less than half the selling price of your house in […]
Another example of the power of networks. I was reading a blog posted in the Ultimate blog Challenge today and they mentioned that their post was the result of a prompt from the site, Five Minute Fridays. Here are the rules: We write for five minutes flat. All on the same prompt that I post here
My daughter sent us a text last night asking if we had heard of the Wilbury’s or more correctly “The Travelling Wilbury’s.” I hadn’t and I couldn’t believe that hadn’t given that one of the band members was Bob Dylan, a favourite. The other members included: George Harrison – I liked the Beatles, but didn’t
I was skimming through the paper today, when I came across an article that actually mentioned my street. This is rare. The article was about the tricky business of street parking. We live in the inner city, in an area that was probably developed in the late 1920’s or early 30’s. This means that they
OK it is a little dramatic, but I am always amazed by the time and effort that some people put into celebrating Hallowe’en. The most avid start early, some as early as the end of September. Although there are pumpkins available in the stores before October, it’s really too early to put them out, because
The other day I posted that I needed to connect to a few more twitter platforms. I like, but don’t need, the app by which my plants can remind me to water them. I just have to take one look at their drooping leaves. This is not rocket science!! No, the connection that I really
Just when you think that you have seen everything, along comes a concept that reminds you that you have only just scratched the surface. This realization, in turn, reminds you of how finite you really are and how infinitely small your brain really is, sigh!! I have been resisting Twitter. Well, I’m “on” Twitter and
We went away for a few days last month and invariably visited some small towns in the area around Algonquin Park. When we were in Huntsville, we happened to walk past this cafe. I know that often if you grow up with a name or a place, it usually doesn’t strike you as odd. However,
I was thrilled to hear that Canadian author, Alice Munro, has won the Nobel prize for literature. I am also embarrassed to say that I obviously didn’t appreciate the one book I read of hers, The Lives of Girls and Women. I’ll read some more. In reading the accolades in the paper, I am told
Often I write about not having an idea for a post, however, I generally end up putting together a paragraph or two – go figure. The other day I posted about having too many ideas for just one post and listed them. So now, when I am going through a dry period, I pop back
