by admin | Jun 9, 2026 | Living with Cancer, Resilience, Uncategorized
In recent years I’ve found myself sharing with friends some of the things I learned during my years of care giving. It’s a funny thing in that what seems obvious to me now, once a upon a time wasn’t even on my radar. I’m reminded of this every...
by admin | Mar 4, 2025 | Uncategorized, Women and Politics
Nellie McClung, Feminist, Politician, Writer First, they came for the journalists, and I did not speak up because I am not a journalist. Then they came for the academics, and I did not speak up because I not an academic. Then they came for the artists, the poets, the...
by admin | Jan 11, 2023 | Blog, Grief, Resilience, Uncategorized
Fact: Socializing after being widowed is different. The Story: I’d not only lost my partner in crime and everyday shenanigans, but I also no longer knew who to go to the movies, theater, or eat out with. My plus one was no more, and I was no longer someone’s...
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 | 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...
