Attila and I are enjoying our day, up at 6:30 a.m., lights on the tree lit, sipping our coffee. It was me, getting us up pre-dawn. My sisters do it too, on Christmas morning. We always have. My Mom says though, that we have mellowed. She remembers us as children, down the stairs on a… Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Attila Ate Ice Cream
Last night Attila ate ice cream. This is significant in my life. Since August I have been eating a low sodium, low sugar diet. It is boring. I have lost a few (and I mean few) pounds because food is so boring that I only eat until my stomach stops hurting. Up until the point… Continue reading Attila Ate Ice Cream
A Couple of Days
December 21, 2016 I guess the longest night in the last 500 years occurred last night. I didn’t notice! One true thing: Life is an agent of planetary evolution, but not the only one. A baking day, today it was squash muffins. The last batch of muffins weren’t as good as the squash muffins. In… Continue reading A Couple of Days
First I Will Eat A Banana
I legally changed my name 20 years ago. For the very first time since I made that change, I wrote my former name down without thinking. Why?! It could be that this Christmas I am feeling particularly close to my brother, who passed away in July, and that is the name I carried through many… Continue reading First I Will Eat A Banana
Cold Outside
December 15, 2016 Listening to a piano version of “O Come All Ye Faithful”, I was suddenly transported to my Grade 5 classroom, sitting up straight on the hard wooden seat of my desk, arms extended, hands clasped together and resting peacefully beside a closed scribbler and a sharpened pencil, where the teacher played Christmas… Continue reading Cold Outside