Home is a Name…

Home is a Name…

Actually, the full quote from Charles Dickens goes as follows: “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”  I could not have said it better myself, but adding a...
Fiesta!

Fiesta!

Lime green, not unlike Tangerine Orange, is my happy colour!  When I saw this vibrant assortment of iconic Fiesta-ware at The Beaumont Antique Mill in picturesque Glen Williams Saturday, my day was made. Let me start at the beginning… The day dawned bright and...
“We Read to Know We Are Not Alone” – C.S. Lewis

“We Read to Know We Are Not Alone” – C.S. Lewis

  This is perhaps one of my most favourite quotes from a brilliant re-telling of C.S. Lewis’ later life as a teacher at Oxford, the kleenex-required movie Shadowlands. In the movie Lewis shares the quote above with a serious young university student who...
I “Heart” Toronto

I “Heart” Toronto

Who would not love Toronto on such a fine spring day? I just got back from a glorious walk along the Toronto Beaches Boardwalk with my dear “publishing gals”, a tasty brunch in a local Beaches coffee shop whose owners know my coffee preferences and say hi...
Convergence

Convergence

Don’t you just love it when things come together? I have been thinking about convergence all weekend. It started with my drive home to my folk’s place in Forest. I try to take the back roads as often as possible – it is why the Jeep was invented!  On...