Category: thinking out loud
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A muse at day’s ending toward a new year
In response to a blog post from Jane Davies (https://janedavies-collagejourneys.blogspot.com/2022/12/committing-to-play.html?fbclid=IwAR08TZhbc-mTGUCYBX0159bVh5PGEq7VkxyFEwwGpkLnj0ScDE5ROHf1czQ) an artist whose style I admire and whose teaching style fits my learning style, someone who I don’t even know posted this: I’ve only shared a small portion of what this person “said”, but I am sharing what spoke most loudly and clearly to me.…
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Thirsty Thursday …
Today it rains. Il pleut. Interestingly enough in French Il pleut can also mean “he cries” or is it “he is crying/weeping”? At any rate, I think the French have it right … for the rain often makes people a little misty-eyed. Strangely enough, not me, not today. Perhaps it is because I have…
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Poems to Ponder … a new feature
Every day blusters anew more yellow, gold, red, brown leaves dance down and down delighted to join brothers and sisters as they find their rest on earth and in earth as I would do and will do sooner than perhaps I would prefer Autumn’s Grace susanna suchak Monday, November 3rd, 2014
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Monday’s Musings…
I spent the weekend with family. Friday with Owen to celebrate his 10th birthday. Then time with Bob and Patti who are family by love. Saturday with the Windsor gang…Holly, Kevin, Hayden Cazabon Dan, Mal and James Ondrovcik. Sunday morning back to Dan and Mal’s. My heart is full to overflowing. It is so wonderful…
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Planting Seeds …
Today is Labour Day. The group I spoke to last night paraded in Port Elgin this morning. They will partake of a well-deserved BBQ this afternoon. I have been a member of CUPE, the OSSTF and grew up as the child of the CAW. I know that my life was the better for that. So…
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that…
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all…
Leafology 