Yesterday was a tough but special day - this was a good way to unwind. … [Read more...]
smarty pants
I was a bit of that crazy 'every moment is a teachable moment' mom with a fat Webster's Dictionary on our breakfast table every morning when my kids were little. We would discuss a word a day. I would write it on this little blackboard and then we would talk about what it … [Read more...]
sweet juxtaposition
Labour Day weekend has meant the same thing for me for the last 15 years. It has been a final cottage weekend, a family weekend and then a pack up and a move back to the city. Labour Day Monday we would organize binders and new knapsacks and then spend time with school friends … [Read more...]
10 ways to clear your head when life is confusing
1. Get on the water and do something singular. 2. Get between the sheets with someone you care about. 3. Go for a run. 4. Get in the water - skinny dip will be the most effective. Practically biblical. 5. Scrape the heck out of the deck and repaint it. 6. Fix something 7. … [Read more...]
backfilling your life
I have written about, thought about and worked on backfilling my life quite a bit over the last year. As one area of your life is shrinking, you must swell a new area. Something is running out the front door, new things have to come in the back door. My children are slowly leaving home and … [Read more...]
how to be a good guest at a cottage
1. Bring wine, fresh fruit, corn and veggies and always no matter what the best butter tarts you can find. 1b. Don't eat all the butter tarts 2. Bring jube jubes, volunteer to eat the green ones and wear a bathing suit even if you would rather not 3. Say yes to all fun ideas 4. … [Read more...]
what are you going to do today?
[youtube id="BOksW_NabEk"]I am a visual learner so this kind of thing really speaks to me. I feel very lucky when he says "laughing, swimming and doing art" because I will be doing all of those things today. What will you do today that makes you feel alive ? … [Read more...]
I don’t remember you like this
Someone I met briefly several years ago- showed up out of nowhere, just last week, in my online 'dating' inbox as a 'perfect' match. Please remember perfect match may mean any of the following- you both don't like snakes you both have all your teeth you both have no criminal … [Read more...]
first swim of summer
If your summers have followed a familiar pattern, first swim, in the lake you have known forever, will wash over you with all the memories of all the summers you can remember. You are the little girl who swam endlessly until skin shrivelled, the pregnant woman cooling off feeling at … [Read more...]
words for wednesday- leaning against the wrong wall
For all of us who may have pursued the wrong person, the wrong career, the wrong promotion, the wrong lifestyle, the wrong degree, the wrong idea of happiness, the wrong marriage- this really spoke to me. "We get to the top of the ladder and realize it is leaning against the wrong wall" And … [Read more...]
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