Waiting for this number to come up. After exactly three months something might be done about à diagnosis of a “ mass” in my abdomen. No, this will not be what a witty friend of mine calls an”organ recital” but even writers have bodies, those miraculous, mysterious organisms about which we lucky ones usually don’t…

I always put my hands on this willow and thank it and another one close by. À poem I wrote about them long ago got published and I thank them for that. Today I thanked them for showing me spring at last The birds were singing away – except for these two ducks who were…

Came today. They came late which meant I had to stay in on a sunny, relatively warm day. They were characters, the two who did the actual physical work were wiry chaps who wasted no time in removing a winter’s grime from screens and panes. The supervisor was a chubbier type who took a great…

He’s the guy I have to thank I guess for a beautiful opportunity to see spring birds. Not many, mind but the wonderful thing was it was finally…..warm! I brought bird seeds and timid chickadees took their time coming to my hand. The big thrill was this guy though. I know it’s not a great…

My grandchildren made these wonderful Easter eggs. It was a strange sort of Pascha. In the middle of Lent our beloved priest was “reassigned” . I’m not going to go into the whole sad story but it was really hard. I am in choir and during Holy Week there is a lot and I mean…

It has been a long time since I made my favorite walk around this “ lake” in Angrignon Park. The temperature was still low and I was glad of my winter coat and hood but the sun was so bright I could not resist. I took some birdseed in hopes of feeding a few hungry…

who is far away in British Colombia. My daughter who lives here offered me much appreciated practical hands-on help yesterday. What was all the fuss about? I’ll spare you ( most of) the details but…. Yesterday I had my first colostomy test. People are quite right when they say the prep is the worst part…

More than ten years ago I self published this book of poetry. To my surprise, it’s still for sale on Amazon. If anybody’s interested, check it out. They’re listing it at $19 …. I just wonder what would happen if anyone bought it. I had a great experience publishing it on the advice of Judyth…