“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” Dalai Lama I had forgotten: that soft morning feeling; the smell of the air; the lick of the sea over dormant rocks; the silence broken only by… Read more
A Little Beauty, A Story
journal, randomly
Thursday, September 2, 2021: Hostess gift received; unique and given with such thought. Monday, September 6, 2021: My homegrown tomatoes take my thoughts to my dear mother. I always smell them first, like she did. She also taught me to… Read more
Books Diane Recommends
Book recommendations – part 2
American Dirt (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel Wow.First of all, I can barely believe all the controversy about this book and that people call it racist. This work of fiction definitely does not read as racist to me. [When reading… Read more
A Story
a little blur never hurts
I’d rather have a few photographs that are a little blurry — or even a lot blurry — than images that are so fake with overcooked Photoshopping that the true essence has been completely lost, or covered up, or replaced… Read more
A Little Beauty
Skies I have known
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” … Read more
A Little Beauty, A Story
a piano in the house
Had I been lucky enough to be raised in a home with a piano, I know I would have at least self taught myself to play a few little ditties, even though we could never afford lessons. But, of course,… Read more
Print Your Photos
a star in our own story
Canadians will be very familiar with the stories told by Stuart Maclean, who was a best selling author, award-winning journalist and humorist, plus host of CBC Radio program, The Vinyl Cafe. CBC Radio has been replaying some of his stories on… Read more