When I was out for a walk yesterday, I stopped to pick up a dime that I saw on the sidewalk. A man who was passing by gave me a funny little smile and I wondered what he was thinking. I certainly didn’t need the dime, and I’m sure someone else might have needed it […]
I was in shock a couple of weeks ago because I received a Notice of Reassessment from the Canada Revenue Agency stating that I owed a lot of taxes on my 2017 tax return, and it had to be paid within twenty days. Yikes! I panicked. I couldn’t think straight. I couldn’t figure it out. […]
Several years ago, I planted a Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia) plant in a pot on my patio. In fact, it was the inspiration for the title of this blog. It took a couple of years for it to flower, and now it is glorious. The trouble is, it is now too big for the pot; […]
It’s only half an idea right now, but I’m thinking about teaching English overseas. This idea began germinating last year when I saw an ad in a professional magazine. They were looking for retired teachers to teach students in China in order to prepare them for university in Canada and the US. I read the […]
