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 […]
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 […]
In honor of Father’s Day
Super Heroes and me ( originally posted 3/12/2018, reposted for Father’s Day 2019 — I think I will make this a Father’s Day tradition in honor of ALL the Super Heroes out there) – reposted for Father’s Day 2020 and again this year. I miss my super heroes every day . I don’t remember the […]
The New Olden Days
I often tell my granddaughters stories about the olden days, about my youth on the Alberta prairie, about freezing winters, chinooks and a springtime that was announced by purple crocuses turning the prairie mauve. I don’t have to try very hard to paint that landscape in my mind – I can see it in the wistful […]
“What was I saying?”
I’m having a devil of a time finishing a blog post right now. I have several false starts on my iPad – essays which at their onset had potential but petered out before I could wrap them up. I’m full of good ideas but lately I’m having trouble finishing a thought. This isn’t just a problem I’m […]
‘The Before’
I was typing tonight as I often do in the quiet of the evening, concentrating on words, when I unwittingly took a little trip. I don’t know how long I was gone, diving deeper and deeper into my thoughts but it must have been awhile considering the depth of my confusion when I looked up. For a […]
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 […]
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 […]
A notable birthday
Our eldest child will turn forty in the morning – forty. I can hardly believe it. I can still close my eyes and conjure the moment of her birth, the moment I became a mother…. it feels like yesterday and forever ago. We’d gotten married in the fall – by Christmas I was suffering morning […]