Chillin’

Today I’m in Nuevo Vallarta, using the not super awesome internet connection in the lobby of the condo building and I’m on my phone so this will be a quick update. The sky is a perfect blue. The sun is warm and kind. There is no SNOW! The only thing cold is the beer. There […]

Should’ve known…

I have a little problem, I can’t resist coloured glass. Bowls, vases, plates…old fashioned ornate coloured glass, the kind you find in charity shops, antique stores, estate or garage sales. The kind that your Grandma or Great-Aunt had on a sideboard…can you see it? You would think, knowing I was heading to a charity shop […]

Ego – Part Two – what happened?

The day had arrived after weeks of prep and stress. I wanted to be early, I was late, the roads were a mess! An overnight snowfall was slowing everyone down. Bumper to bumper, slipping sliding, I had to get across town! Through snow and ice I arrive breathless but calm. As I’m saying hello, […]

Get Packin’

Outside, the light is bright and frosted I’m wrapped up like a baby, swaddled. Walking I pass others, they too are hidden our sense of fashion has been overridden. Cloaked in layers upon layers from head to toe, only my face is visible. I’m joyous in the winter sun then miserable, as the wind […]

No limits!

As a child I lived in a tropical country, there were amazing storms with lightening, thunder and torrential rain. When the rain passed the streets had lovely streams of water flowing on either side, carving paths in the mud and ditches, twigs and leaves drifting along. In the garden the flower beds would have pools […]

Keep it Simple Sweetie!

It needs to be less, Less than before, Right now there’s too much It’s blocking the door. We can’t feel the air and we can’t move around. We can’t see the sky, we can’t see the ground! Break it down. Make it clear. Some has to go, there’s no room here. The issue […]

This is so sweet, thank you

*SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD* Thank you to floatinggold for the nomination, this is so much fun. For unique creative writing, news related opinion pieces and super cute weekly/daily motivations grab a coffee and visit floatinggold. QUESTIONS FOR ME Would you rather move to a new city or town every year or never be able to leave the […]

That dog can move!

Yesterday, Zoey and I walked to the off leash park, 3 kilometres uphill, 7.35 kilometres return trip. Zoey wears a harness as she tends to pull. The leash clips around my waist. We move fast. I’d checked the weather app, the temperature was minus 13 celsius, with a windchill feel of minus 22, I dressed […]

Repeat after me….

Have you ever said a word over and over and over and over, repeating repeating ’til meaning is gone? Just how long must you wait, to no longer be confounded? To have the meaning returned, your brain, no longer astounded, by your utterly useless waste of it’s time in trying to figure out, what rhymes, with […]

Don’t fall!

It was my birthday on Sunday. It was very mellow as I had enjoyed quite a bit of wine on Saturday, as we sometimes do….all of us! Yesterday it occurred to me that I’m kinda starting over, and to be a certain age with a blank piece of paper in front of you is scary […]