Spicy beet day is an annual eventThere are beets, of course,Cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and allspice berries The boiling of vinegar, sugar and waterIt gets steamy Things turn purple,Like fingers and splashes on countersThere are jars and lids and rims to contend withWater displacing over the too-small pot rim,Shutting down the cooktop when there’s just … Continue reading Spicy Beet Day
He wasn't my husband at the time. He wasn't even my future husband at the time. He was the Data Centre Manager at the uniform manufacturing and rental company where I worked. My job was preparing the creative and content for communication pieces. There was a lot of copywriting and cut and paste involved. The … Continue reading How My Husband Invented Computer Dating
Actually, what I want to say, but it was much too long for a title, is meet Rebecca, my beautiful new red Hyundai Kona Electric car. I picked her up last Monday and was overjoyed with the colour because I had no idea what kind of red I was going to end up. There wasn't … Continue reading Meet Rebecca
As usual, life has it's ups and downs. Good moments and bad moments. Happy moments and bitchy moments. Sometimes all of the above in a single day. Sometimes all of the above in a single hour. Kind of like my body temperature–constantly changing. It is not boring for sure. As they say, variety is the … Continue reading The Good The Bad And The Bitchy
In know. I know. What about first paddle? First paddle was a couple of weeks ago on a single nice day between days and days, a whole month of days, of fog and rain. It was nice and it was solo because I always like my first paddle to be solo. It was quiet and … Continue reading Second Paddle
Or is it The Bitch VS The Annabelles Several years ago, maybe eighteen or so, The Annabelles were given a home in The Bitch's garden. It was a nice spot, along the path to the shed, with the perfect mix of sun and very fertile soil. The Annabelles were hydrangeas and were beautiful when in … Continue reading The Annabelles VS The Bitch
It's been quite the week here, both personally and in the news. Several things stand out and are worth noting as events that I want to document and remember. Firstly, JT is in town. He arrived on Monday, This is always a great thing for The Doc and I. JT is here with the National … Continue reading Things That Made The Week
Our new solar panels are up and running and we couldn't be happier. Polaron made it easy to go solar by walking us through every step of the way. While working with them over the past several months, we were impressed with the quality and professionalism of both the product and the process. What impressed … Continue reading Going Solar
The doorbell rang when The Doc and Bitch were downstairs in the family room, both reclined with their feet up, intent on watching the baseball game. It was the ninth inning and their beloved Blue Jays were losing. As loyal fans, they were hoping for a ninth-inning rally. It was early evening and it was … Continue reading What Happened To Warm And Fuzzy Fundraising?
Where do they come from, those crazy and strange dreams? Subconscious thoughts are interesting things that, most of the time in my case, stay in my subconscious. I rarely remember my dreams these days. Maybe once or twice a year when I awake suddenly in the middle of one. Whether a short snippet or an … Continue reading Film Noir In My Dreams
I am sitting curb side in my car waiting for The Doc to rescue me. I am usually not a woman who requires rescuing. I am supposed to be delivering library books but after my second delivery the sliding bracket of my rear hatch broke. I tried and I tried to push it back to … Continue reading Will It Still Make It To September
I just don't understand boredom. Even retired, I don't seem to have enough hours in my day. I am never, and have never been, bored. As far as I am concerned boredom is a choice. As I child, I was the kid who knew how to entertain myself. Though I usually had a single good … Continue reading Don’t Ever Tell Me You’re Bored
No one wants to discuss after the end because that means acknowledging that there will be an end. And that means acknowledging one's mortality–the fact that we all must die. This has to be the most avoided conversation subject in history. People prefer not to think about, let alone, discuss this topic; but it is … Continue reading After the End
The bitchy ditz has once again reared her unfocused head. It is as if her brain has gone on vacation. I have covered this topic before and admitted to a full range of ditzy moments in a blog written last April. If you are interested, you can read about that here. Focus is a big … Continue reading In Need Of A Car That Talks
There was that day in December, two days before Christmas, when the weather across the country wreaked havoc on travel and 370 flights were cancelled at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. It would become a Christmas people would never forget even if they wanted to. One for the history books. And because of this, JT did … Continue reading Christmas In February
Still Bitchy After 60 Blog 