Retirement Musings and Everyday Delights
I've been thinking a lot about death and obituaries lately. The thoughts started when I attended a Celebration of Life, and were amplified when our latest book club pick was I See You've Called in Dead. When we moved in across the street from Loris, I was pregnant with Nick, and Loris was in her … Continue reading What Will Your Obituary Say?
I ended my last post with Ray, Nick and I exploring Canmore. For our second day there, I told the guys they could climb a mountain together and I'd entertain myself in town. They decided on Mount Lady MacDonald. Canmore is grizzly country, so they rented bear spray, packed some snacks (for them, not the … Continue reading Life on the Edge
Another week of headlines that make the world feel like a dark place. Another week of grey, wet, and windy March. We had one glorious day last week where temperatures rose to 18 degrees, before winter returned with a vengeance. The snirt (snow-dirt) and dog poop that were revealed after the big melt have once … Continue reading Cloudy With a Chance of Joy
As some of you might know, I'm not a big fan of winter. To say the least. I have to admit, though, that on days like today, when the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and everything is covered in a thick layer of snow, it's quite beautiful. I just prefer to admire that … Continue reading Passing the time with donkeys and raptors
Getting older kind of sneaks up on you. It repeatedly catches you off guard. One day you look down and your hands look just like your mom's and you think "When did that happen?". You look in the mirror and notice your eyebrows have started to disappear (check under your chin - you might find … Continue reading Embracing Aging: A Shift in Perspective
It's time for another update on what I've been reading. This time I've focused on a few things that sometimes stop me from enjoying books as much as I otherwise might. Poetic books - Many years ago, after reading the novel Fugitive Pieces, a well-written and highly-acclaimed book, I made a rule that if a … Continue reading Literary Pet Peeves
I'm trying to do these posts more often so I don't forget what the books were about in the meantime. I was pleased to see that the only 5-star read from my last book post, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, received a Pulitzer in the Fiction category. The Heart's Invisible Furies, John Boyne (2017) My … Continue reading What I’m Reading
I need to do this more regularly because my last book update was March of last year and I struggle to recall what I liked and disliked about a book. My genre - for both fiction and non-fiction - tends to be how people cope with trauma and hardship. Reading through Goodreads reviews for books … Continue reading Reading Round-Up
I just finished reading a memoir called All Things Consoled and it got me thinking about how much of our lives are defined by the stories we tell ourselves, which may or may not be accurate. Memory is notoriously unreliable to begin with and we remember things that fit the narrative and forget the things … Continue reading Memory Keepers
I've been reading more lately so I thought it was time for a round-up of some of the books I've read so far in 2022. American Dirt is my first 5-star book of the year. I'm pretty stingy with my 5-star reviews. To qualify, a book has to change the way I think about things, … Continue reading Books & Bonspiels
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