A Cupboard Full of Hygge
February 01, 2024
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Today, Thursday 1st February, is National Sweater Day here in Canada.
I feel so much better
When I'm wearing my sweater (oh-oh-oh)
I won't sh-sh-sh shiver you'll see
So toasty, so cozy (oh-oh)
Put-put-put on a sweater
Put-put-put on a sweater*
The popular Scandinavian term hygge is all about cosiness, and nothing epitomises that feeling mo...
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Calling all writers and artists!
January 31, 2024
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Fair warning: This post is a blatant appeal to your kind hearts for your participation!
Waiting for God *
Every year on 26th February, Canada observes “National Letter to an Elder Day”. Everyone is encouraged to hand write, in large, clearly formed letters, a greeting card to the elderly who reside in long term care facilities to brighten their d...
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Writing Worries V - Chasing the Poetic
January 29, 2024
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“Always be a poet, even in prose.”*
Through four of my five years at Wexford CI, I was blessed to have Mrs. Nelson as my English teacher. She was smart and funny and kind and made every book seem wonderful and special as we read and wrote about it. English was always one of the best parts of my day. It was Mrs. Nelson who fostered and nurtured m...
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Writing Worries IV - The Golden Key
January 24, 2024
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“Within my pen what words are pent,
What mystery, what merriment!
It hath a door, my pen, somewhere,
And what a throng is waiting there!
Bright thoughts are standing all about,
And quivering to be let out.
O could I find the golden key,
Open the door and set them free!”*
Here I am, in front of my computer screen, writing another blog post...
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Writing Worries III - Cogitatio
January 22, 2024
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“You don’t actually have to write anything until you’ve thought it out. This is an enormous relief, and you can sit there searching for the point at which the story becomes a toboggan and starts to slide.”*
So far, no toboggan, no sliding!
Cogitation, from the Latin cogitatio (thinking/thought).
The Hardest Part of Writing is cogitation. Think...
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