I have a nice life right now. It’s taken me a while to acknowledge this, mostly because of the sheer volume of changes to my…
“Due to absence or inertia I’m not answering the phone right now…” X. Thompson Long ago, when the world needed such things, the above quote…
One of the projects I’m currently working on is to publish my Mother’s diaries. Throughout her high school years in the 1930’s, my Mother recorded…
Calvin, of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes made good use of his transmogrifier — a cardboard box which had the power to transmogrify himself…
Living alone is one thing, but if I want to do things — and I do — it means that sometimes I will be by…
The time has come, the Walrus said, C.S. Lewis Almost everyone knows at least one whole poem or a few lines from a few favourites….
As part of my self care goals for this year, I thought it would be a good idea to download an app that promised to…
Adjusting to living by myself during lockdown has had a few challenges. Overall, it has not been so very terrible. My own company is not…
My late husband used to say that the best part of a long run was the moment when the ‘second wind’ would kick in. Not…
Recently it was Keith Richards’ birthday. Yup, 77 years old. At one time he was the top pick in the who’s-next-to-die betting pool. Yes, such…