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Gentle Rain
Saturday, July 11, 2020 24 comments Although we've had severe weather warnings -- and having survived a severe tornado back in 1985, I take them seriously for sure!! -- our rain, once it started, has been gentle. A little sprinkle Friday . . . and then rain starting sometime... Read more
Hot Hot Hot
Friday, July 10, 2020 36 comments www.youtube.com/watch?v= xhs3Qklz5a0 Yes, it's too darn hot . . . sing it Ella!! Love those Cole Porter lyrics!! And you may remind me of my complaint in February!! Dear Henry prefers to sit on the cold cemen... Read more 
AVOID Frailty
Thursday, July 09, 2020 37 comments www.cfn-nce.ca/frailty-m atters/avoid-frailty/ A full 81% of Canadians who've died so far from COVID-19 were residents of long term care homes. No question: we need to improve our standards of care in these resid... Read more
To Track Or Not To Track . . . ???? Shout Out to JEANKNEE!!
Wednesday, July 08, 2020 30 comments I really enjoyed the comments on yesterday's blog -- where I celebrated how DOVES EYES so neatly linked resilience to more intuitive nutrition approaches. And that evoked a really interesting comment from JEANKNEE!! With all her scientif... Read more
Shout out to DOVES EYES on Resilience!!
Tuesday, July 07, 2020 23 comments I really appreciated the wisdom of DOVES EYE's comment on that resilience blog yesterday! She wrote: "Resilience has only come in the last decade for me, in working on my weight it exposed my thoughts and feelings about myself. Was I the... Read more
Resilience
Monday, July 06, 2020 51 comments We hear a lot about resilience as something we "should" cultivate. Collectively and individually. Earnestly and diligently. The economy "should" bounce back when we "return to normal" -- a normal that we may yearn for nostalgically, that ... Read more
Silly Little Pleasures!!
Sunday, July 05, 2020 33 comments This isn't going to be a kayaking opportunity soon . . . DH is tap dancing to beat the band, meeting urgent++ deadlines: and I've been there myself and I know just what it feels like. (And: I'm helping all I can, both with the professional stuf... Read more
Happy Independence Day, American Spark Friends!!
Saturday, July 04, 2020 28 comments 
American Sparkies' expressions of good will to Canada on Canada Day July 1st were so much appreciate... Read more
Quiet quiet quiet
Thursday, July 02, 2020 35 comments Such a quiet Canada Day here yesterday!! (And thank you, Sparkies, for all your good wishes for Canada!!) We were mostly at home. DH (who hasn't yet retired . . . still working until December 31) is tap dancing to meet various urgent dea... Read more
I AM CANADIAN!!!
Wednesday, July 01, 2020 50 comments 
It's Canada Day!! Canada is 153 years old!! But my Canadian flag flies every day on my front verandah . . . and in my heart too!!
I'm singing... Read more
Just another day . . ..
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 49 comments . . . . maybe not in Paradise, but still in this very nice part of the world! It's hot and sunny. I've been out watering plants, on the front verandah and front flower beds and back deck and high deck, And trying to teach Henry ... Read more
Kayaking!!!
Monday, June 29, 2020 31 comments Yesterday, we finally got out for the first kayak of the season!! And . . . once we'd hauled our kayaks out of the garage (they are bright blue "Lifetime Lotus" from Costco, so pretty but little more than adult toys) we had to acknowledge o... Read more
Asymptomatic COVID-19 and "Immunity Passports"
Sunday, June 28, 2020 32 comments ca.news.yahoo.com/asympt omatic-covid-19-findings-d im-080000191.html I think many of us have been hoping that those who contracted COVID-19 without symptoms would have acquired immunity. And that those who reco... Read more
Making Decisions as the Economy Reopens
Saturday, June 27, 2020 38 comments On both sides of the border, we're seeing a sharp uptick in COVID-19 cases with the reopening of the economy. People are perhaps becoming complacent about their chances of getting ill . . .or just tired of the lock down . . . or just ready for... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 Last Page » |
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