What is the purpose of art
Then there is the survey that shows people who fold their toilet paper use more paper than those who crumple it up. What I want to know...
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Apr 27, 20121 min read
Blue heron
Blue heron, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A few days ago I heard someone on the radio talk about a how there is some movement in...
Apr 15, 20122 min read
Consciousness
The brook, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Friday afternoon, I had four Portuguese Water dogs in my living room. It was a very busy...
Apr 8, 20121 min read
A walk on the wild side
For most of the winter, Point Pleasant Park was rather uninteresting, especially compared to walking on the golf course, where the...
Apr 1, 20121 min read
On the trail again
Winter is retreating. After a week of summer weather, then snow, now cool sunshine, it’s exciting to see small buds on trees and a few...
Mar 21, 20121 min read
The sound of spring
Ashburn Golf Course, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The days have been unseasonably warm this week. Spring has come early for Nova...
Mar 6, 20121 min read
Bread
NYC March 4, 2012 , originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. New York City is like bread: comfort food that leaves you wanting more. And makes...
Mar 3, 20121 min read
Homemade fog
NYC March 2, 2012, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Wouldn’t you know it, here I am in exciting NYC and I come down with a bad head...
Mar 1, 20121 min read
NYC
Yes, I’m definitely in New York City, where everything moves faster and is bigger than life. To my surprise, a woman got up to give me...
Feb 3, 20121 min read
Marilyn, my Marilyn
David Halliday wrote a beautiful post about Marilyn Monroe a few days ago. To quote: Marilyn Monroe was a paradox. She had serious...
Jan 1, 20121 min read
Happy Happy
P1030860, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. So it’s another year and, other than having to remember to write it on checks, it in many...
Dec 23, 20111 min read
Snow-dreams
Snow 12.23.2011, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. We were told it would be 2 to 5 cm. of snow. It’s been at least 10. It’s a damp snow...
Nov 27, 20111 min read
The B’Day
Bayswater Beach, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Birthdays are such interesting events. It seems there is often a duplicity happening:...
Nov 15, 20111 min read
Morality on the board
Yesterday someone had written some words of Oscar Wilde: Morality, like art, means drawing a line somewhere. I saw at least half a dozen...
Oct 17, 20111 min read
Fall on the trail
A little more rain and there won’t be any leaves left on the trees. The colors have been beautiful this year, but for far too short a...
Oct 12, 20111 min read
Where is home?
Last Sunday, when I could, (my usual Sunday morning ritual) I listened to The Sunday Edition, with Michael Enright. At one point he...
Sep 14, 20111 min read
Crystal Crescent
Joanne, Aaron and I went to Crystal Crescent Beach (in Sambro) last Saturday afternoon. It was a windy and sunny day. We wandered around...
Sep 7, 20111 min read
On magic
IMG_0180, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Yesterday was one of those typical Nova Scotia days: overcast, changeable, maybe some sun,...
May 1, 20111 min read
There is a light at the end
IMG_0787, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today Lila and I went to beautiful McCoo’s Island with Gwen and Kiku. You can walk to the...
Apr 29, 20111 min read
A fish tale
Fishing season is on. Cars are parked on the road by my driveway and I come across men casting lines into the brook. Ellen, Lila and I...
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