This is the twelfth in a series about the strangers that I meet in my life.

     &… Read full post »

When I wrote this in 2006 I wondered if things might change through the years. I honestly thought that people might begin to respect their fellow man come Holiday time and not berate each other. Four years later to the exact day nothing has changed including the weather,… Read full post »

Before I begin my blog today I received a message from Dee (Throughmyeyes) this morning. She has asked me to share this and may we all just take a moment and wish her well.

Lin,

Mom had a stroke last night and I won't be here for while so could you let… Read full post »

As someone gently eases me into a ‘Rascal’ wheelchair a few years from now I will still be the ultimate fan. I just admire peopl… Read full post »

A few weeks ago I blogged about the edible “12 Months of Godiva Chocolate” and wrote that with a smile. Yesterday our fellow kitty blogger Tink reminded me of one of this country’s horrors.

That would be simply that neon yellow colour drink called Mountain Dew. Instead of wa… Read full post »

   This is the eleventh in a series about the strangers that I meet in my life. It may be for only seconds, or it may be just days.  I will never ever forget them.

Rita stood there looking very disillusioned as the mall cop told… Read full post »

Dear Queen Liz and Prince Phil,

Just popping off a quick note to tell you how pleased I am that you have placed me in a pending file for the future Queen Mum. Thank you for sen… Read full post »

It's still dark out as I slowly wake up and hear the rain pound down on the skylight. I slip my legs into a fetal position and pull the blankets up around my chin. Listening to the rain reminds me of sitting in my grandmother's orange… Read full post »

                                   To all the poets on Open Salon:

I hope you know that some of us that cannot write the words of beauty that you do. I jus… Read full post »

"Well this is me, Schuyleur Seccaspina talking to you right now, and well, the picture below is an attempt at drawing on MS Paint, which in no way resembles me."

My son Sky wrote those words years… Read full post »

   This is the tenth in a series about the strangers that I meet in my life. It may be for only seconds, or it may be just days.  I will never ever forget them.

The child stood there silently gazing out of the… Read full post »

Chances are if you blog you do it because you have something to say and want people to listen. Usually the moneta… Read full post »

Every night after I finish my work I sit on the couch and blankly stare at the droning TV.  A woman seems to never be in control of the remote so I ask the "remote keeper" the same question night after night.

"Is Storage Wars on tonight?"

"Hoarders" is… Read full post »

Dear Elizabeth,

Two minutes ago I heard that you had died and I started to cry. I never… Read full post »

Today I am finally coming out of the shellfish closet. Last week crab was on special and I decided to try it out. I have never met a crab I did not like. In reality I have never met a crab nor a lobster at all. They have always stayed… Read full post »

          It’s 11:30 pm and in 30 minutes the clock will strike midnight and it will be December 6^th.  If my father was still alive he would be 83 years old today. But he is not and instead I have been crying off… Read full post »

   This is the ninth in a series about the strangers that I meet in my life. It may be for only seconds, or it may be just days - I will never ever forget them.

    This week's series takes a wee bit of… Read full post »

  A long time ago when our beloved Princess Diana was going to get married she had to take etiquette lessons from the late Queen Mum. Now that "Mum" has passed who is going to steer young "Waity Katy" in the right royal direction?… Read full post »

Dear Santa,

I have a few more Holiday things to complain about once again. Yes, Santa I am going to beat this thing to death until maybe New Years. 

Are you ready?

Let's complain about presents this week.

Santa, do… Read full post »

On August 24th of 2010 the Centre Town Loonie and Toonie* Shop was raided by the Ontario Provincial Police in Carleton Place, Ontario. Police netted thousands of dollars worth of drugs amongst the store stock. Honestly, just like the police I can spend hours in some of these… Read full post »

Last night I watched the film "Marley and Me" once again. As Woody Harrelson once said,

“I have not cried this much since Titanic".

When I first saw the film advertised I had no intention of watching it. I am not a Jennifer Anniston fan… Read full post »

 Please play while reading.

While 5822 people shopped on Black Friday 5822 people did not. Shaded by tall trees that stand as sentinels lie the remembered and non remembered on the hill.

This hill of memory lies a few hundred feet off the highway in Lafayette, Cali… Read full post »

   This is the eighth in a series about the strangers that I meet in my life. It may be for only seconds, or it may be just days - I will never ever forget them.

     A very long… Read full post »

I can't remember how old I was when I started watching Charlie Brown holiday programs. All I know is at age 59 I can still quote a lot of the tex… Read full post »

I don't know where I lost my holiday spirit. For someone who loves people as much as I do it is a shocker to some. What happened that turned me off the holidays?

I think I lost Christmas the year we had the house fire.… Read full post »