Enforced relaxation

I’m currently sitting in a medical office waiting…. And waiting… and waiting some more. This is a scheduled appointment, it’s been in my calendar for a couple of months. And they kindly emailed me reminders, and instructions which I read. So can someone explain why I decided the appointment was 11:00am? It wasn’t, it was […]

Just another gym membership

OMGoodness…. and we are back to the gym membership …

Silver-haired artists

But even knowing that they might not be fully cognizant of what was happening, I was inspired because they hadn’t given up. They were having a freaking tea party!

Forgetting

Stop! And catch each movement.

School of Life

A small scar intersects his top lip on the left and another angles across his lined forehead. His hair is still thick, the dark blonde mostly shot through with grey. His name isn’t Jack, but that’s what he’s been called for most of his life.

Inadvertently Waiting

A friend asked me this morning, “what are you looking for this year?” and I couldn’t answer.

I Feel Great!

The day kicked-off with a lovely pup walk, the sun was shining, the snow was crisp, the pup was 90% well behaved.

Volunteering, Connection and Disappointment

Part Two of Three In November 2018 I started volunteering, I’d been thinking about doing it for several months but couldn’t decide where, there are so many excellent causes. Finally I decided to join a very reputable organization that puts volunteers in elementary schools to tutor children who are behind in their reading. I love […]

Unemployment, Community and Connection

Part One of Three When you work for an emotionally healthy organization one of the nicest benefits, other than the paycheque, is that you become part of a community; building relationships with co-workers through shared experiences, celebrating successes and overcoming challenges. Having a sense of belonging and purpose is an intrinsic human need, it can […]

Butterfly Effect

I have a weakness for time travel, sci-fi, fantasy type entertainment. At the moment it’s the show Travellers currently on Netflix. The premise is that in the very far future humankind is extremely technically advanced, to the point that we can send a human consciousness (Traveller) into the past to inhabit a human body right […]