Fashion Compassion
My fashion sense – if I ever had any – has abandoned me.
…My fashion sense – if I ever had any – has abandoned me.
…It’s been my goal to write fiction. Now, finally, my first fiction work is out.
…I don’t know whether I was the first female in my high school to take shop class. But I was the only girl in the class when I took it. We learned to weld, use a wood lathe, and other things that scared and thrilled me. I also studied harder than anyone and pissed off my male classmates when I aced every test.
…Sunday is Mother’s Day. Around here, it’s just Sunday.
…Imagine a world where a weed killer manufacturer sits in his lair, musing about ways to take over the world. Think of an evil genius like Gru, the head of the minions.
…Derek and I ran a few daytime errands together a couple of weeks ago. It was a rare moment when neither of us was busy with work. He needed a specific power cord for his motorcycle. And there was a sweet deal on Google Pixel 7 phones that we’d been waiting for at the Rogers store.
…In this corner, the theory that humans are not meant to work from home. That it can be bad for our mental health and lead to social isolation, a lack of exercise, and unhealthy eating habits. Psychologists warn that it’s not a good way for young people to begin their working lives.
…Add this to the list of things I wish were around when I was younger: No Booze Babes.
…For most of my life, it never occurred to me that some people simply ate whatever they felt like eating.
…Toronto radio legend Don Daynard has passed away. His story isn’t mine to tell. If it’s anyone’s, it’s Erin Davis’s, and she’ll do so in her Monday vlog at erindavis.com.
…When Jonas Salk discovered the vaccine for polio, there was, literally, a celebration in the United States.
…I’ve borrowed the title of Sarah Polley’s book for this post. I just finished reading it and give it five stars. It’s not a memoir, exactly. It’s a collection of essays about pivotal times in her life. (It was published last year, before she won the Oscar for Women Talking.)
…That is not my orchid above! I took a selfie with it at the Four Seasons in Maui in February as inspiration for my orchid at home, as I attempted to bring it back to life. I thought maybe this photo would give it something to live up to!
…Sometimes, something comes along that’s so simple, you stop and wonder why we didn’t think of it before.
……Rita Mae Brown
“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.”
I’ve never really been a “follow the crowd” type of woman. One look at my wardrobe in high school and you’ll see that was always true. I wore a “security sweater”, like The Peanuts’ Linus with his blanket. Sure, I also had a 1970’s fooler top (one piece that looks like two), platform shoes, and flared cords. Sometimes you had to get whatever was trendy because that’s all that was available.
…One thing the pandemic unearthed is the amount of bullying and harassment that anyone in the media is subjected to.
……Words are like eyeglasses. They blur everything that they do not make clear.
Joseph Joubert