Wholesome Snacks

We could fill a daily blog with acts of kindness.

You might want to try this one. Fill a tote-bag with a variety of wholesome snacks. A friend made up a dozen snacks for us. (She had observed that I wasn't always eating right.) It is easy to forget to eat regular meals ~ which can lead to scrambling for the wrong pick-me-ups.

By having tempting, ready-made snacks available, a busy day does not have to mean low energy and unnecessary tiredness by mid afternoon.

The friend who created this gift is my niece, Lisa, mother of two who cooks everyday not only for her family but for the YWCA daycare and runs her own business, Vavoom Photography. Thank you, Lisa, for your act of kindness.

Lisa's pretty tote bag contained: baggies of walnuts, pistachios, almonds, salt-free pretzels and homemade granola ~ all with colourful twist-ties. Make up your own snacks. Make them ahead of time and keep them wholesome. This practice can be motivation for staying fit. Create a tote for a friend! It can make a difference.

Spell Check or Delete Key?

Spell Check did not "catch" the error in yesterday's blog-post. (I think we had Arthur C. Clarke ~ bless his scientific soul ~ dead before he was born.) It was particularly funny because the post is about intelligence.

An animated e-mail from a friend this morning is humourous. In a colorful cartoon: A puff of dust, a detached Computer cable and ~ poof! ~ an empty desk-top. Gone is the computer, with the caption: "All I did was hit the delete key."

Most days we wouldn't have it any other way. The essentials in life include our computer and, yes, the Internet. However, it feels like a world of contradictions, a constant tug-of-war for some of us between the human mind and the electronic brain. May the human prevail.

Note: Our thanks to the human reader who caught the error.