by admin | May 12, 2020 | Blog, Grief
This article is a collaboration between Heike Mertins, author of “Grief is…” and Linda Stuart, creator of memorable ceremonies. Instinctively we come together when death happens. The need to be comforted and the need to offer comfort is part of what it means to be...
by admin | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Eclectic Living
It was a long time ago, when I was a young woman. The first time we went out I did not know he was a hunter. I was your typical naïve Bambi loving urbanite. I was not looking to date a hunter. Yet, regardless of the fact that he hunted, I liked this young man. He...
by admin | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, Grief
Cleaning off my dying laptop I came across this piece. I wrote it at least 7 years ago as my niece is turning 15 and I refer to her as being 7. I have no recollection of writing it. The odd things loss will do to a brain. Though I wrote it as a...
by admin | Apr 16, 2020 | Blog, Resilience
This morning I saw my favourite jogger. I didn’t know there was such a thing. As I sipped my coffee and glanced out my window onto the street below I could see a figure clad all in black (ninja style) complete with facial covering. Rhythmically, the ninja...
by admin | Apr 12, 2020 | A wee bit of a rant, Blog, Uncategorized
I have been very angry these past weeks. I have spoken harshly to joggers who would run up right behind me without warning and pass me as if social distancing did not apply to them. I have lost it when the wife of the jogger that cut right in front of me less than a...
by admin | Mar 26, 2020 | A wee bit of a rant, Blog, Uncategorized
My brother and husband both had terminal cancer. But, it was respiratory infections that ended their lives. Not covid-19 type of viral infections – just plain old regular respiratory infections. None of their caregivers were ill. The viruses were introduced into...
