I just got back from NYC – and I can’t wait to get back! I was there for a conference (more on that in a later post) and I just loved every moment. It was a bit whirlwind – I arrived last Wednesday afternoon and left Friday afternoon – but still so much fun. That … Continued
Do you have a favourite food? Something you could eat again and again? For me, it’s chocolate. The darker the better. I don’t need it fancied up with fruit pieces or caramel or sel de mer. Nope. Just give me dark chocolate. Straight. Up. (Does this mean I forego the fancied up chocolate if presented … Continued
What I like about being busy is how boredom gets obliterated. Who has time for yawns when life is leaping with unbridled opportunity?
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its recommendations have been in the news a lot recently. Their recommendations centre around the importance of educating the Canadian public about what really happened in the residential school system. Until recently, I actually thought I knew. I knew these schools started operating in the 1800’s. First run by … Continued
This weekend DD did it. She kicked her soother habit. I’m not ashamed to admit I used bribery to make it happen either. Because it worked. We talked about giving up the soother for just over a week. Why it was important to start thinking about throwing it away. She seemed to get it too … Continued
You may think I have surrendered. Far from it. Instead, I rejoice. Doubt you may, as you bluster. But I give way in anticipation, To sweeter days that lie ahead. I meant to write this post yesterday but got barreled down by laryngitis and a bad head cold. The funny thing is I was sick last … Continued
looking upon trees, branches shivered bare from Wind gusting its boastful breeze makes me impatient for verdant spring
For those of you who may not be aware, today marks the start of Kindness Week in Ottawa. I think nothing can be kinder than to acknowledge the incredible services and support The Youville Centre offers to young mothers and their children. The Youville Centre is a charitable organization that offers a high school education and so … Continued
Know when you were a kid and your two best friends crushed your heart by refusing to play with you? Pointedly excluding you from some fun they were having? Like building Lego robots that would travel to the moon and battle the evil moon overlord or some such thing. So slinking away sad and crushed, … Continued
A trip to the library – fun! Adventures and discoveries wait for us Tumbling from pages opened, considered…then perhaps selected, set aside for checkout Yes, people who visit them know: Libraries are a collection of treasures Made all the richer when shared