Another snippet
Writing is posing a challenge this week – I have no idea where inspiration goes or why it takes confidence with it but I’m lacking both at present. Here is a snippet of the Storyworth project written a few weeks ago. a little backstory — soon after we moved to Calgary my aunt and her […]
A small gesture
Chester and I don’t discriminate – everybody gets a smile whether they return one or not. Everyday – everyone. We’ve been smiling at one old fart for months – if we’re close enough we even say ‘good morning’. And for all these months we’ve been totally ignored, absolutely invisible – until today. We’d decided the old fart was […]
Memories – Memoir
My Apple Watch just informed me that my stand and exercise rings are usually further along by this time of day – it suggested I get off my duff and MOVE. Well Apple Watch I’ve got news, you are not the boss of me – but you’re right, I’ve been sitting for quite awhile. This stillness […]
The Price of Love
I was walking Chester yesterday when a woman approached me to ask why she hadn’t seen my little dog lately – I had to explain, again, that Olive was gone. The woman seemed genuinely moved by the news and I had another middle of the day whoosh of sadness. I miss that little dog like crazy. […]
An Empty Nest
Chester and I headed out for our walk a bit earlier than usual yesterday, the day was gearing up to be a hot one. The world is markedly quieter in the early morning – we were enjoying the solitude and lost in thought when a loud screech pierced the air. Suddenly rattled from my reverie I checked […]
One Eighty
I’ve had a body image issue my entire life – I don’t remember ever feeling comfortable with my reflection. I’d have to go back decades to find a moment when I felt good about the way I looked – I would have to dig past the moment I became aware. I can hear my grandmother’s voice […]
Buyer Beware
The list of powders one can add to a morning smoothie is almost endless, there is a cure for whatever ails you: Does your memory need boosting? Do your joints ache? How are your hormones? Do you need to poop? Are you aging too quickly, does your skin sag, is your hair lackluster? Never fear, the cure […]
The child of a storyteller
I grew up within earshot of history – my family has always been riddled with storytellers. This is not to say the stories these tellers told were always factual nor were their accounts of history always accurate but they were certainly entertaining. A story when told is always evolving – it doesn’t have a choice, it has […]
StoryWorth
I recently celebrated a birthday – for some reason they still come around once a year despite the fact I’m not interested in getting any older. It gets harder every year for people to find a gift for someone who wants for nothing – there is little I need to add to the collection of things […]