Nine sleeps
Like a stealth cat, Christmas has been sneaking up on me. It’s being cautious this year, mindful that my balance is still precarious. ‘Tis the season to make merry but too much merry can push a girl to tears. Christmas notoriously brings more grief than joy to a lot of people – loss is magnified by the […]
From time to time
From time to time I revisit a blog and touch base with the past. Sometimes the words make me squirm and I wonder why I thought those thoughts were worthy of sharing and I’m embarrassed. I see a million ways I could have expressed myself better, written better. Other times the words give me pause and I wonder […]
The secret
My granddaughters are having a race to see who can grow up the fastest and I wish they’d stop. I’d like to hold onto this moment for a little while longer, to keep them in the shadow of reality for a day or a year or two more. I’d like the magic of make believe […]
I remember remembering
I have no memory of a world at war, of days and nights laced with fear or of lives lost. I have no visions of the faces of young men and women finding courage beyond my imagination. I have no memory of rationing or shortages or sacrifice. And I’m thankful for that – the death, […]
Feeding my addiction
I’ve been clean for more than a decade. Not that it’s been an effort to stay clean – rather a non-effort. For years I lived to see my writing in print, I collected ‘tear sheets’ like it was my job. I didn’t write for money or fame (well, maybe a little bit for fame), I […]
With this ring…
Forty-one years ago today a young man gave me a ring and a promise. We stood in a church and pledged ourselves to one another. Both the church and the young man are gone now – the church succumbing to old age, the young man to cancer. But the ring and the promise are mine […]
The Canadians
I’m weary of the 2019 race for prime minister, thankfully the finish line is in sight. I don’t know why anyone would want to run for office – what could be worse than being criticized, ostracized and scrutinized day after day for weeks on end only to win the hot seat in parliament. Politics isn’t […]
Politics and the ties that bind
I have been doing some political pondering lately – it’s little wonder really, we are swimming in politics right now. Here in Canada we are running a pageant for Prime Minister – it’s a race to see who can out talk, out sell and out do, their opponent. It’s noisy – we aren’t all that […]
Making memories – Apple Sauce Day 2019
Apple saucing has become a family tradition – every fall for as long as the apple tree in the backyard has produced apples the saucing has been a seasonal chore. Like raking leaves in October, picking apples in September is an event. For years the applesauce seemed to just appear, it wasn’t a big deal […]
The tomorrows
There was a smoldering fire somewhere on the beach this morning, its fragrance poked my subconscious as I walked with my dog. I found myself leaning into memory – suddenly awash in nostalgia as the smoke drifted deeper into my yesterdays. I had visions of embers darting into the night sky like stupefied fireflies. And […]