The Daily Bread
Today is National French Toast Day. Did you know that? Or maybe it’s just in Canada. One of my favorite French toast memories is from...
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Dec 6, 20141 min read
Just thinking
A couple of days ago, I awoke to a dream I was having. In mood, it was just like the worst first day of school dreams I used to have...
Apr 1, 20142 min read
Bad joke!
Mother Nature, or should I say Climate Change, played a mean trick on the Maritimes today. Snow, ice pellets, snow, blowing snow and...
Mar 30, 20141 min read
Panti
I went to see/hear Panti Bliss, the Irish Drag Queen, talk at St. Mary’s University last night. She was lovely, totally honest and...
Mar 10, 20141 min read
With color
I am finding out, once again, how important color is to me. I had painted one wall in my kitchen a beautiful shade of dark blue. I love...
Mar 7, 20141 min read
Hanging out with an old friend
When my children were young, I would often play the piano for hours. Mostly Mozart. I used to say Mozart was my best friend. We certainly...
Feb 19, 20141 min read
For you
If you have twenty-five minutes in your day, it would be time well spent to see this. Age does not necessarily stop intelligence and...
Feb 5, 20141 min read
It’s snowing; it must be Wednesday!
IMG_3950, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. For the past month or more, every Wednesday we have had a heavy snowstorm. Usually about 15...
Jan 23, 20141 min read
The day after
P1040753, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The sun comes out and all is quiet. We have had such an array of weather lately, cold, warm,...
Jan 3, 20141 min read
Horizontal snow!
P1040690, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s a real blizzard outside (wind/snow/wind/snow/snow/snow/snow) . . . and a lively blast...
Jan 1, 20141 min read
Happy Happy!
I found this on Ailsa’a blog, Where’s My Backpack: In the words of the great Neil Gaiman: May your coming year be filled with magic and...
Dec 30, 20132 min read
Mr. Roth according to Mr. Roth
A few days ago, I went over to my friend, Danuta’s, to watch a documentary on Philip Roth. She had taped it, knowing how much I like his...
Dec 29, 20131 min read
It’s going to rain tonight
IMG_3846, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All will be a skating rink. #Rain #Weather
Dec 25, 20131 min read
Merry Merry
P1040564, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s been snowing gently for about eighteen hours and it doesn’t look like it wants to stop!...
Dec 23, 20131 min read
Why not visit Santa!
This, so far, has been the best part of the holiday season: Lila visiting Santa! Her vet had a Christmas party for the animals. We even...
Dec 18, 20131 min read
Ten years!
P1040579, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today is the tenth year anniversary of my blog. I started writing here ten years ago....
Nov 16, 20131 min read
Hope Blooms
Daylily, July 7, 2010, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. People are still talking about it. The young kids from lower income families...
Oct 28, 20132 min read
The view from here
This morning I woke up thinking I love my life. With the sun streaming in my big windows overlooking the lake, I had to put sunglasses on...
Sep 10, 20132 min read
It’s a whole new world
All the way to the hospital yesterday morning, I felt like I wasn’t doing this: it was someone else and I was just in the car watching...
Aug 24, 20131 min read
Brule Beach rocks!
Last weekend, Lila and I went to Brule on the North Shore to visit with my friend Greta and some of her family. There were eight people...
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