Some days work isn’t the first thing you want to rush out and do. As Will Rogers is quoted as saying, “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” So,… Read more
A Little Beauty
June 6, 2022
We had friends over for dinner twice this past week. Time spent together over a good meal is the ideal recipe for really good times. Lately I’ve been accepting offers of, “is there anything I may contribute?” So when one… Read more
A Little Beauty, A Story
little stories of the week
“How can a country’s love for its children be less than its love for guns?” That’s a very pointed and poignant question asked of the USA this past week by Linwood Barclay. Besides being smitten with the way the morning… Read more
A Little Beauty
It’s been a good week
As I’ve likely mentioned, I’ve purchased a perfect-for-me photography related workshop. It’s not one of those ho-hum, how to take photos, how to compose, how to blah blah blah. No, this one is all about what productive things to do… Read more
A Little Beauty, A Story
a nursery for nurturing connection
Life is full of extremes, contradictions, vastly diverse interests, and connections. This morning I heard an interview on the radio in which people on the street were being asked if, while on the toilet, they use their phone. Good grief,… Read more
General
Creativity: cooking
Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love. Craig Claiborne I began cooking as a very young girl. Of course, we all have to cook to eat and to… Read more
General
It’s been a good week
Keeping it real with some of my ponderings first, followed by a wee list of the good-week-stuff right after the not-as-good. Perhaps you’ve noticed my most recent posts, with the exception of the one about the totem, have been shy… Read more
A Story
Tla-o-qui-aht totem
Carved to honour the Tla-o-qui-aht hereditary chiefs, this totem in Tofino was gifted to Tofino by Tla-o-qui-aht master carver Joe David in September 2018. From the top down, each element bears significant representation. A Thunderbird at the top, perches above… Read more