Every once in a while, my mind wanders back to the first time a boy gave me flowers. Or, rather, the first time a boy…
I am participating in an online thing where a few people are getting together to chat through a moderated forum run by a grief counsellor.…
A friend of mine sent me a link to a fellow widow’s blog this weekend and I had a wee peek around to see what…
There is a debate that I have with one of my sisters quite often, and since it came up on Facebook again, I’m going to…
I completed my second half-marathon today. Well, that’s if you can count last year’s Inaugural Homeland Memorial Half Marathon. Which I do. Only today’s half…
OK, I’m going to answer another question from when I asked what you wanted me to write about. The second question was if I believed in…
As I walked into town this afternoon, I noticed a dandelion growing in a wall along the pavement. It was sticking out brightly against the…
I’ve gone back and forth over if I would share a specific sliver of my life with you or not. And I almost chose not.…
I’ve been thinking about hunger for a few days now – ever since I signed up to participate in Art House Co-op’s “The Meal” project. The project…
Random thoughts – Week 2: Write a list of 10 challenges you’ve faced in the last three months. Pick one and write about it. Wow. Ten challenges…
OK, so you know how I said I was going to treat myself to a wee trip for my birthday this year? The idea really came…
There are countless metaphors for life: It’s a puzzle; it’s a book; it’s a song; it’s a dance; it’s a path; it’s a maze. Goodness,…
As 2011 winds to an end, I find myself reflecting on the year’s joys (and sorrows). It’s funny the way we do that – the way we…
Once again, I wanted to spend the day inside, hiding away from the world. I wanted to sit in and sulk and cry and feel…
Today has been quite a day; a day full of reminders that I meant to be a scholar. Meant to be a scholar. But I…
I don’t know what compelled me to play poet again today, but compelled I was, so you get to read my latest attempt at literary expression. I…
My life is made up of seconds. And I’m spending the next 600 hundred on a free-writing exercise. And you get to read all about…
Social lives are interesting things – and hard to define at times. Everyone seems to have one or want one. Or they want a better one or…
Before I graduated from university money was tight. My adult life, until shortly before I got married, was spent not spending money. No, really. Money…
I am now officially a marathon finisher! Can you believe it? No, neither can I. Today’s feat went much, much better than I expected. And…