by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Eclectic Living, Grief, Uncategorized
As I sit at my desk, I watch a kaleidoscope of frosted patterns dance across my windows. I remember how on winter mornings as a child my sister and I would stand on the edge of our beds in our little nylon nightgowns and blow on the ice encrusted panes that lined one...
by admin | Aug 30, 2022 | A wee bit of a rant, Blog, Eclectic Living
“Platinum Blonde” is one of the nicer things someone has said to me since I stopped putting highlights into my every changing hair. “If you’re over 65…” was one of the least, if not the least, welcome comment I’ve heard. I’m 55. The funny thing is that I would never...
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Uncategorized
Coffee & Chocolate: Pandemic Essentials and Self-care It’s the middle of March in Toronto and it’s snowing. Time to laugh, remember pandemic March 2020 & 2021, and keep moving forward. Three things I said 1. “I didn’t get back to you yet because I was...
by admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Uncategorized
When There are No “Good” Choices Drawing out ideas always helps me- even if it just makes me giggle at my ‘style’. When There Are No “Good” Choices There comes a point in time for all of us when the decision we must make is between...
by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Uncategorized
Cinnamon Rouge Cinnamon Rouge By Heike Mertins Cinnamon Rouge Spicy, warm and red Vibrant It fills my mouth with brazen delight And fairies sashay lightly cross my tongue Cool, cool blue So cold I taste your icicles Crackling, crisp, sharp and brittle Broken...
by admin | Jan 18, 2022 | Blog, Eclectic Living, Uncategorized
Would you try to reach out to someone and fix a relationship if you knew you were dying? Why not start before that happens? It’s a better way to live. Stay well, Heike Image sources: Clipart-library.com, IMGBIN.com
