The garden produces
The plants are maturing and we’re beginning to reap the rewards. One day I went out and picked a cucumber. I sent a message to my daughter. E. will be happy to see cucumbers. “Can you bring the girls one … Continue reading →
Write Canada 2016
Next week is Write Canada in Toronto. The committee has been working for months to get it organized and the registrar’s been busy too. Instead of the intensive like last year, I’ll offering a two-part workshop on writing Creative Nonfiction … Continue reading →
The Garden as a Lesson in Growth
A few days ago I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian about lessons in gardening. Read the first bit of it here: I’m teaching my granddaughters who are 4 and 6 about gardening. It’s an ongoing lesson. They … Continue reading →
Our Garden Grows
I had some help again this year in planting our vegetable garden. You might say I’m training the next generation, engaging them while they’re eager to help me, but they’re also enjoying it. At Easter, I bought both girls their … Continue reading →
Why hospice is a good thing
VON Sakura House Hospice Sakura (‘SAH-ku-ra’ or ‘sah-KUH-ra’), the Japanese word for cherry blossom…The cherry blossom reminds us of the fragility and impermanence of life and seemed the perfect symbol for our hospice. It’s just two weeks, as I write this, … Continue reading →
Making Memories
Yesterday when doing business at our bank and mentioning about my father’s death, our advisor expressed her condolences and something about making memories. She said,”You’re still making memories.” That’s so true. We’ve got many. If all the photos that we … Continue reading →
I love spring
When the snow recedes and the flowers come up and bloom, that’s the thing I like best about spring. A couple of times, I thought spring had finally made it, then we had more snow and ice in our … Continue reading →
A Women's Retreat
Could it be two weeks already since our women’s retreat. I look at my planner and it most surely is. Last year our retreat was cancelled when the church camp was closed for the winter and until May. Our retreat, … Continue reading →
Is winter going out like a lion?
It took a long time for me to understand about seasons going out or coming in like a “lamb” and “lion.” Is it for real? If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. Sandi … Continue reading →
Dreaming of spring but living in the now
We can well dream of the season ahead when plant life begins to poke its head above the soil and the sun warms them and helps them grow, yet we must live in the now and not in dreamland. For … Continue reading →