We are challenged in this time to take care of ourselves and our families as we “shelter in place.” We’re spending more time at home and trying to manage our grocery shopping on fewer trips. Truth is, being of a … Continue reading →
We have time on our hands now, of a different kind. Parents have their children at home, so maybe they don’t have so much. On the other hand the school children have quite a bit. We’re not driving around from … Continue reading →
Today marks 50 years of celebrating Earth Day. From space.com you can read where it started and about a challenge this year to build a planet with Lego. Fifty years after an astronaut’s photo of our home planet gave rise … Continue reading →
Income tax papers submitted, inventory counted, and a client’s work well on the way, I finally had time to read Nina Spencer’s well written article, “Lessons From the Freeway and Beyond: Making Space for Grace.” It seemed so fitting that … Continue reading →
I’ve been out for solitary walks, minding the social distance. I see the occasional couple walking together, a parent and child or an adult walking a dog. We all still need exercise in some way. I hear birds singing, … Continue reading →
When the snow begins to melt and the temperature edges into a bit milder state, I begin to dream of spring, of taking down winter wreaths and eventually putting away winter coats and boots. But it’s alternately cold and wintry … Continue reading →
In January fellow writer Helena Smrcek offered a challenge to anyone who wished to join her, and that was decluttering one’s home. I chose to jump in, and as I had already started the process on my own during … Continue reading →
From my poetpotter blog Today it’s snowing, just the light snowflakes borne by the wind. Tracks in my backyard make me think that some rabbits in the neighbourhood had quite a time in the crisp clean snow. We could … Continue reading →
People who want to be a writer have asked me, “How do you start?” and “What do you write?” They think they’d like to write, but they don’t know how to get started. If the above photo of a small … Continue reading →
Last Saturday was such a wintry day. The snow kept falling and didn’t seem to stop. It would be a white day for sure. Our winter has been such a mix of weather thus far. The day before, a … Continue reading →
