Today is hot and muggy, it seems I have said, and, thought that, a lot, this Summer. But I had cereal for breakfast, with blueberries, and, Ontario peaches. Ontario peaches happy sigh they may very well be, the best part of the dog days of Summer: plural noun the sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at thesame time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11. a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence and extreme heat, […]
Read moreMy love-hate relationship with Face Book
Hello all, hope you are, surviving the heat. We have had some major oppressive, heat, here in Montreal, scorching, leading up to the 1 st of July, Canada Day, and the week following, wow, killer, 45 degrees Celsius with the Humidex. Dangerous weather, a constant need to stay, hydrated and cool, people can die. Drink […]
Read moreFrom the heart
Hello all, hope all is well. It’s summer here, in my beautiful ugly. This weekend is supposed, to be a scorcher, but, so far, the weather has been fine. I am taking a little time off, vacation, hanging around the city. Reading, resting, spending time with mom, with friends. My vacation to, Upstate New York, […]
Read moreA great time in my life
Hello you all, apologies for being away for so long. I have been super busy. The end of the term at the community center. Both my English conversation, and, my numeracy classes are done. I may go back in September, it’s all a bit up in the air, which is fine. Will happen what will […]
Read moreEventful week
Hello all, hope you are feeling, energized, happy, and, full of, Spring. An eventful week, this past week. Firstly, it was my birthday, I turned 53, a meh kind of a number, but, a nice birthday. I received a lot of love, from my mom, from my girl, from my friends, from my students, much […]
Read moreLast night at Alpha…
Alpha Good morning all, hope your part of the world, is bathed in light and Spring… I love Spring, not that we do Spring so well, here, in my beautiful ugly, but, still, I love it Last night was, Alpha, at church. I know I have written, about Alpha before, but for those of you, […]
Read moreSpring and Summer-Reading and writing plan
Summer program Good day to you all. I’ve been busy, lots, bubbling, in that, caldron mind, of mine. I have been, reading, reflecting, praying, spent time in the company, of friends, went on a recent road trip. Spring is finally here, rainy, chilly, but, also sunny and hopeful. Been thinking, what I will do this […]
Read moreSpirit, Faith and Leonard Cohen
Good Morning all, Hope you are keeping, warm and dry. The weather mid April, here in, my beautiful ugly, has been ferocious, cold, windy, unrelenting. To paraphrase a friend of mine, we don’t really, have four seasons, in Montreal, Spring is but a blip, a, Will Winter never end?? kind of situation long sigh of […]
Read morethe stillness and the feeling of…
Good afternoon, you all, today is Saturday, the Saturday before Easter, Holy Saturday. I did something this week, that I have never done, before, that I hope to do, again. I spent all night, in my church. From 7 PM on Thursday, to 6 AM on Friday. First, there was music, singing, beautiful, melancholic. and […]
Read moreI wonder what he would say…
Good morning lovely people, I hope this missive finds you all, well. We have been, getting signs and even, days of Spring, here in my beautiful ugly. Bright sun, windy, coldish days, but it feels like, old man Winter is about to, give way to barely walking, Spring. I love the Spring, it isn’t as […]
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