There is nothing like an open window to make a day peaceful. It doesn’t matter that in the distance there are hammers hammering, diggers digging, men shouting, radios playing, trucks on the highway humming… it doesn’t matter. What I mostly hear is the wind in the leaves, the cooing of the rock dove outside the… Continue reading An Open Window
Month: July 2018
Being There
Monday, July 16, 2018 It looks like the humidex today will top 40C, stinking hot. I won’t be poking my nose out the door until things cool down. Well, I will venture onto the back porch in the afternoon to close the cabana curtains against the sun, otherwise it will be humidex 50C on the… Continue reading Being There
A Long Heat Wave
The heat wave seems to be lasting FOREVER! Another stinker of a day out there. Attila only has one day off this weekend, today. Today is the day the last of the back wall comes out of the garage. All morning the house vibrated as he sawed off the last of the studs and sheathing… Continue reading A Long Heat Wave
Paradise
I am sitting on the back porch. The day is overcast. It is the weekend, a Saturday, and Attila was mandated to work today, so he is at work. I can hear the birds singing. I’ve seen a cardinal couple this morning, they flew across the back neighbour’s yard and into the trees. The rabbits… Continue reading Paradise
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
My mind wandered today, following a discussion about home schooling, thinking about my own childhood. School, the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good: Mrs. xxx, my grade six teacher, a woman who was born in Germany, German speaking with a heavy accent in English, Jewish, escaped Germany buried in a coal car with… Continue reading The Good, The Bad And The Ugly