Your Smile for Today:
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian NHL player (1961 - ) known as The Great One.
Speaking of hockey ~ we will miss the season players. Every Wednesday they burst ~ adrenalin flowing ~ onto Cayuga Street for lunch at The Back 40. See you in the fall, Guys.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Seedlings
Seedlings and seed catalogues ~ the very thought of gardening brightens a day! The arrival of the new catalogues in the mail heightens our excitement.
Spend a few minutes glancing through books, "The Companion Book of Herbs," "Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening" and our imagination begins to run wild.
The April issue of Harrowsmith Country Life outlines "The 10 Biggest Mistakes in the Vegetable Garden." The thought brings us back to earth.
Spend a few minutes glancing through books, "The Companion Book of Herbs," "Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening" and our imagination begins to run wild.
The April issue of Harrowsmith Country Life outlines "The 10 Biggest Mistakes in the Vegetable Garden." The thought brings us back to earth.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Books and Coffee Stains
Bless the customer who doesn't mind coffee stains on his paperbacks! In fact, he would prefer a coffee-stained book to an e-book.
Yesterday it was announced in our newspaper that the six leading e-book suppliers are scheduled to increase the cost of e-books fifty percent. It won't come as a surprise to the reader of this blog that everyday we encounter book lovers who watch with curiosity the advent of the scanned book but express adamantly their preference to the paper book.
The customer who came in yesterday, purchased several used, like-new ~ no coffee stains ~ real books, expressed his amazement at the absence of books in a home in which he is a guest. "It may simply mean that they read books and get rid of them," was his comment. Then he said something incredulous that will forever make us smile, "I would rather do without plumbing than do without BOOKS!"
Yesterday it was announced in our newspaper that the six leading e-book suppliers are scheduled to increase the cost of e-books fifty percent. It won't come as a surprise to the reader of this blog that everyday we encounter book lovers who watch with curiosity the advent of the scanned book but express adamantly their preference to the paper book.
The customer who came in yesterday, purchased several used, like-new ~ no coffee stains ~ real books, expressed his amazement at the absence of books in a home in which he is a guest. "It may simply mean that they read books and get rid of them," was his comment. Then he said something incredulous that will forever make us smile, "I would rather do without plumbing than do without BOOKS!"
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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.
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.
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.
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