Yesterday, I watched Notre-Dame de Paris, burn. What a sad sight. I love Notre-Dame de Paris. I have never been, I might never go. And, yet, I am attached to it. In my Parisian fantasies, I walk, the banks of the Seine, I browse the book stalls, I stop and think, I breathe it in, […]
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Hello everyone , I wish I could wish you all, a Happy Spring, but Spring is MIA, here in the beautiful ugly, yesterday, we had freezing rain, snow, and hail, all within three hours, oh yeah, good times. Ah well, as my bff says, it is what it is. Yup. I am in a season […]
Read moreLent Diary part II
“He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.” ― St. Ignatius of Loyola Hello all, hope you are well, and that you are all, looking forward to Spring. Here, in my beautiful ugly, it’s still Winter, icy sidewalks and snow. But, the sky is bluer, the days are […]
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Hello everyone, apologies, if, some of my recent, blog posts, have seemed, whinny. Sometimes it, needs to come out, in French we have an expression: faire sortir le méchant, evacuating-kicking out the bad-bad stuff which basically means, lancing the boil, not allowing the infection to spread, not allowing negative thoughts, to fester, to take hold. […]
Read moreFinally…March
Hello all, hope you are well, and, have survived the Winter. Well, it’s March, praise the Lord and thank you Jesus. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Now, this is Montreal and, the third of March, ain’t Spring but, soon, soon. It has been a rough season, I’ve had worse, […]
Read moreI read a poem this morning…
Today is Valentine’s Day, Happy Valentine’s day, to one and all. I am a romantic, an idealist, a dreamer. I don’t think that is, what people always, think of me, because I am also, a pragmatist, I believe in, fixing things, talking them out, not pretending, all is well. I also believe in prayer, in […]
Read morethe road, the journey: part…
Hello all, hope all is well with all of you. I am better, was a tough week, emotionally, but, a long walk in the cold yesterday, some inspiring reading and, church, on this beautiful Sunday, has really helped. Oxygen and conversation tend to really, help me get back on track. I feel better, rejuvenated. It’s […]
Read moreDNA investigations and family
Hello all, I hope your year, has gotten off to a good start. Mine has been a little rocky, my mother had a stroke, we are not really sure when, but, some of her behaviour was, a little bit, off, different, odd, it alerted me to something, not being quite right. I called 911 and […]
Read moreLife is all about-challenges
Happy 2019 to all of you. The first week of the year is done, woo hoo. Here’s hoping you all had some great holidays. Mine were lovely. Christmas Eve was church and mom and a movie, also fancy hors d’oeuvres and French wine, life is good. On Christmas day we had lunch with our, good […]
Read moreThe Last day of the Year
Good morning all, well, it’s here, the last day of the year. I hope your year has been wonderful and, if it hasn’t been, I hope you have grown. I, have had a year of ups and downs, but the ups, far outnumber the downs. It has been a year of learning, and learning is […]
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