“Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi Autodidact: teaching myself new things. I’m taking that path and expect what I learn will be more than a different way to photograph. Although a project is quite intentional,… Read more
General
Last week and this week
Last week was a good week. Not that they aren’t all [good weeks]. A few reasons why: On a personal note, on separate days we connected with two different couples — personal distancing well in hand — for some much… Read more
General
home grown, locally grown
“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” said Lewis Grizzard and me. I made it! Remember the tomato tart I mentioned a couple weeks ago, promising I’d try it. It was worth the little… Read more
A Story, General
Life is so delicious
So I made another batch of homemade orange ice cream. Yes, with nothing but the real ingredients, nothing at all artificial. Why? Well, we were having new neighbours over for a personally-distanced BBQ. “Pull up a chair. Take a taste…. Read more
Books Diane Recommends, General
from books to fragrant lilies to open water swimming
You know that feeling when you’ve been reading a really, really engaging book — the kind that you never want to finish and that feels so darn good in your hands? I just finished one of those kinds of books… Read more
General
Canada Day 2020 (pandemic version)
Canada Day 2020. Unlike how the USA, our southern neighbour, spends their July 4th, we Canadians are less bombastic in how we celebrate. And then, there’s the pandemic. So even us mild-mannered, overly apologetic, Canadians are bemoaning any real in–person… Read more
General
seasons of experience
“All through your life, the most precious experiences seem to vanish. You look behind and see no sign even of a yesterday that was so intense. Yet in truth nothing was lost… This is the art of the soul: to… Read more
