Adaptation: Disability Doesn’t Have to Be a Tragedy
Updated March 10, 2021 What happens when someone gets a disability? Practical matters aside — and there are a lot of those — it is an emotional roller coaster of shock, depression, grieving, and it can take a long time to adapt and adjust. Most people do. Of course not all, but most. This, however,…
I Can See Your Sinus Cavity
I had a Plan. The Plan involved keeping my eagerness to blog madly at all times about every little thing in check and stick to about three times a week. Let’s face it, my shoulders can’t take much more than that. Then I went to the doctor for my Enbrel shot and it all flew…
Here Already?
Of the 23 Victoria Day weekends I’ve experienced since I came to Canada, this was only the third where it didn’t pour buckets all three days. This year, it actually seemed like the first long weekend of the summer (I’m ignoring the rain promised for this afternoon). I spent it doing nothing with great abandon…
Whoa, Nellie!
When I first started this blog, the thrill of seeing my words on a web page was enough to make me a little woozy – hey, being public is close to being published, innit? Then my friends and family commented and that was very exciting. I mean, some of them even read it every day!…
Dreaming: My House in Tuscany
Updated August 22, 2022 This weekend, I re-watched Under the Tuscan Sun and it reminded me of a week about a year ago where I had my own private “Women Writers” movie festival. In addition to Tuscan, I watched My House In Umbria and Swimming Pool . By the time the “festival” was over, I…
Another World
This weekend, we marked the lovely Michele’s birthday and since the Andersen family firmly believes in the adage that “more is better”, we added an early celebration of the birthdays of her equally charming children, Jason and Scott. After a not entirely nutritious dinner, we saw Cavalia. Supposedly, in a nutshell, Cavalia is a show…
I’ve Got Issues
We all know that reality shows are a scourge upon the earth and have no redeeming social value whatsoever. We should be reading Shakespeare instead! Saving kittens from wells! Single-handedly achieving world peace and ending hunger! Now that we got that out of the way, can we talk about American Idol? Not the contestants, although…
The Idiocy Continues
This morning, the day after the 8th (or was it 9th?) Smog Day of the year (on MAY 10! Can we all get behind this real quick, please?), I naturally opened my windows. I’ve spent the entire winter with my windows closed (most of the time because they were frozen shut – I love living…
Pride Goeth
If you noticed a dark, sulphurous cloud hovering over downtown Toronto last night, that was me using a lot of colourful words in at least two languages. You don’t get to be this pleased with yourself without walking up Nemesis, who’ll arrive swiftly and smack you down for your effrontery. That malware I had? I…
Forewarned is forearmed
This blog will have cat content. With pictures. I share my home with a cat of large personality (and an equally large amount of fur). Her job is to be cute, she’s good at it and I have a digital camera. I suspect this may prove to be an annoying combination. Introducing Mojo, here seen…
Perfection
Today, on the way to lunch, I was stopped in my tracks by… well, spring. The sky was a clear blue and the finally-warm sun filtered through tiny, new leaves, so lightly and intensely green. Every year, this moment makes my stomach go ‘woosh’.