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...
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Mar 31, 20141 min read
Taking off the Panti
Panti did say the costumes she wears allow her to be more forthright, to say things she might not as Rory. Having always been rather shy...
Mar 30, 20141 min read
More Panti
At the end of the question period, after her talk, Panti was musing on how, with the changes in cultural and social structures regarding...
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 26, 20141 min read
Another Wednesday; another storm
I still have power, at least, so I am catching up on computer business. Naming and labeling photos of recently photographed paintings....
Mar 20, 20141 min read
The photo thing
IMG_3992, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I had photos taken this morning of my new work. I think this was the first time I didn’t...
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 17, 20141 min read
Endless winter
IMG_3964, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.
Feb 9, 20140 min read
Feb 9, 20142 min read
Returning to Ulysses
I’ve tried to read James Joyce’s Ulysses several times. The last time I managed to get halfway through. But I don’t think I understood...
Feb 7, 20141 min read
A night on the town
IMG_3939, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Last Saturday evening I went to see Jenn Grant sing with her new group, Aqua Alta, at the...
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 28, 20141 min read
Magic
Sunday morning, Michael Enright, on the Sunday Edition (one of my favorite programs! favorite moderator) interviewed Petula Clark. At 82...
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 22, 20141 min read
Slowly
P1040736, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The chairs on my deck are disappearing. Again. The snow is piling up and blowing. We had...
Jan 3, 20140 min read
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...
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