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Great Aunts and Ice-Cream

Great Aunts and Ice-Cream

Perhaps this entry is about gratitude. Perhaps it is about family. Perhaps it is about memory and simple acts of kindness. Let's see where it goes on this gorgeous August morning. I used to keep a summer journal documenting garden challenges and successes, granddaughter visits , swims and family get togethers like our annual trips to PEI. In the last few years I have written each summer day in my regular journal and this year's entries tabulate my lake swims which reached 81 this morning. Today as I took my morning swim the title of this entry came to me. Last night family gathered at the cottage on the river that my sister in law has rented every year since Covid stopped our PEI trips. The gathering is different in many ways but some of the features remain. Washer toss games , pot luck...

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Back From Britain

This time last year, this time last week, this time the week before... I can often be heard saying such things. I do find myself thinking what I was doing this time last week, last month and last year. It always amazes me how quickly time passes. In late December I...

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Remembering Always

He was 20. In a dream last night I was sitting somewhere with Zac's friend Crystal.Conversation swirled around me and it seemed to be a series of inaccurate statements about my son's death. I do not recall them all but basically no one was getting the details right. I...

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The Joy of Writing

The Joy of Writing

I have stated many times how thankful I am for the time and inclination to write. During the years I spent teaching and raising a family I clung to the dream of being an author. I tried to squeeze writing in to those busy years and while keeping the dream alive I...

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And Suddenly it is Spring

And Suddenly it is Spring

The sun is streaming though my office window this morning and I feel the heat of it. Our yard is muddy and all the snow has melted off our roof. Snow banks are dwindling and the air feels so different. These are familiar signs of the season change that welcomes...

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To Beat the Cold

On this cold February morning sunshine is streaming in my office window. Yesterday's snow covered the ice and I am a bit reluctant to step outside. So for now I will stay in and think ahead to warmer days. I have so much to look forward to. This week came with...

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January Days and Websites

January Days and Websites

I said more info would follow and here it is. In September I started talking to Matthew Woodley about creating me a website. We made a plan and began the process. After returning from Scotland at the end of September we had another meeting and got the ball rolling....

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