National Aboriginal Day in Canada is today, June 21, 2017. These pictures were taken near my home in Edmonton and show an art installation including a Giving Tree and several murals. The images and words are both sad and hopeful, grieving and rejoicing. I came away with an […]
I did something a little out of the ordinary this week. I went to see a hypnotherapist. Yes, really I did. It relates to an ongoing dilemma that I have. Ever since my youngest child began the transition from female to male, I have found it really difficult to […]
As the world mourns the death of Robin Williams, my thoughts turned to the anguish that his family and friends must be experiencing. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote about five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) in her book On Death and Dying. This has been widely […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
