Thoughts for your day
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. -Les Brown, motivational speaker It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. … Continue reading →
For a rainy day
Recently I received a newsletter with this very title from a speaking coach. Not just any coach, but one I know and have worked with. Jeremy Tracey. As speakers, writers, performers and artists, we are probably more used to hearing … Continue reading →
Saturday Snapshots–Historic Building
My husband and I went on a short trip this fall and stopped at this historic site on our way home The Temple of Sharon, surrounded by fall foliage … Continue reading →
A Mother’s Love–Thoughts for Today
American comedienne, Phyllis Diller once said, “I want all my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” Expectations are high for mothers. Jill Churchill wrote, “There is no way to … Continue reading →
Blogging today at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian–A Listening Ear
Once a month, I post a blog on Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Today my topic reflected something we’re called on to do every day of our lives. Read my post A Listening Ear, and while you’re there, check … Continue reading →
Baden Storytellers’ Guild hosts Susan Charters this week
This Friday, at our November Stories Aloud at the Button Factory, the Baden Storytellers’ will be hosting Susan Charters from the Orillia guild. Come and listen. Perhaps the stories will work their charm and you’ll be telling too. Stories … Continue reading →
Temple of Sharon
Continuing on from last post, after our stop in Port Perry for lunch and looking around, we headed on our way home, but then decided to take a slight detour so that my husband could see the Temple of Sharon, … Continue reading →
Exit Halloween, Enter Christmas
Our family’s jack-0-lanterns and fall decorations It used to be that when Halloween got packed away, Christmas decorations were out the next day. Not so anymore. Yesterday, when … Continue reading →
Halloween–for children or adults, or both?
We spent Halloween with some of our family members at their home. Our daughter and son-in-law took their two young children out to trick or treat in their community. This … Continue reading →
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Recently, on our way home from a stay in Lindsay, Ontario, my husband and I made a couple of stops. We turned off the highway into Port Perry, where we stretched our legs and walked along the waterfront of Lake … Continue reading →