The hot humid weather reminds me of my Mom. She is walking very near to me these days. I can see her in her tiny slip of a dress, I can see her with a bit of sweat on her long upper lip and her blonde white hair tied back. I can see her in … Continue reading The art, the science, of Living

 I have lost the discipline of writing every day and my fingers and mind are rusty. But the space left by my constant tapping on the keyboard has been filled by rug hooking.I have begun a free form interpretation of the bay outside our house in the autumn, on quite a large piece of framed … Continue reading Pass Times for the New Year

When I started menstruation my mom celebrated with me, she laughed and hugged me and said I was a woman now. She was just starting menopause. With her menopause came a huge life change. She felt like she could be a woman again, and not just a mother. Our nuclear family blew up like it … Continue reading Just Like Mama

Once my children start reading they are very good readers; they love to read and they have excellent comprehension. But they don’t read at a precocious age. I think seven is the average age. If you are in the New Brunswick school system and your child is not reading at four or five years, you … Continue reading Learning to Read