The joy of hankering down for a good old book read. I am doing that now with Amor Towles book A Gentleman in Moscow.
Category: Lifestyle
My routines that keep my life buzzing
Slip Sliding Along
Our winter activities, the outside ones, in Canada, in winter, involve slipping, sliding and if it works out well, gliding along on some natural white surface. That means snow or ice.
I have moved my desk.
My latest furniture reorganizing is a bit more organic or as they say these days ‘granular’. I have moved writing HQ.
It’s all about the trees, hurricanes and derechos.
I am having problems keeping up with the great and dramatic weather events that are happening with such frequency. So, when I visited friends in rural eastern Ontario, I had to be reminded that the storm that hit on May 22 – was a derecho!
Messing about in boats
I feel it is a good moment to express gratitude and appreciation for the gentle art of rowing that has come back into my life.
My climate bubble
SSShhhh, let me be sotto-voce about this, let me stay under the radar, but this year, in this neck of the woods (city of Edmonton in north/central Alberta) we are having perfect weather.
My Mystery Boat
My latest adventure is a new-to-me sailing boat. Just a small 11ft or so sailing dingy, but special and precious as I have been on a quest for a sailing dingy that would suit me for a wee while now.
This Year of the Open Spaces
And then just when you think you are in the middle of far away (I am not saying the middle of nowhere…) and a name pops up and connects you to the great web of history and civilization.
The Jubilee, oh me, oh my, it’s a party.
Royal Purple has replaced the red, white and blue. There are plenty of Union Jack flags out there, but from my TV eye from the Canadian side of the pond, I have seen in London and other Brits points, lots of sombre purple. Royal Purple, and if that is a sombre colour, that is about…
Reporting in. Hi there, I’m back!
First post since my return from being a volunteer on the Camino Argones