As if entering seventh grade wasn’t shocking enough getting an invitation to an affair called a Rush Tea indoctrinated me into a world as...

The year-end holidays can take a toll. With so much to accomplish, I find myself speeding through days and at night sinking into sleep,...

Artists are told that the more you create art the easier it is to find subjects to paint. It took a year of being quarantined for me to...

Humans unlike many species have no protective exoskeleton so, from the earliest time, due to practicality (and modesty) we garbed...

One definition of angel is God’s thoughts passing to man. What a concept! At college, in a required philosophy course, I floundered from...

On November 21, 1963, rooms at a hotel in Fort Worth were being readied for the visit of President John Kennedy and First Lady...

My habit is to have a Timbit at Halloween or occasionally a few bites of an old-fashioned plain fry cake but, that wasn’t always the...

Today my husband lugged two big boxes of art history books down the stairs and loaded them into the car to give away. The weighty and...

When I began teaching art decades ago, coloring books were forbidden as stifling creativity. Fast forward to find that times have...

Today I learned of the death of a childhood friend, Sandy Lang. Her dad was a meat cutter at Loblaws at Sheridan Plaza and, at ten, I had...

As I put freshly washed dishes in the drainer a voice whispers: “They’re water sweet.” My friend from childhood had a grandmother who...

Fall brings cooler weather and foods remembered from childhood. Mother Olive had an innate ability to put things together, cook them just...

Essential workers are accepted as part of the landscape. They blend in. I was reminded the other day of how silently and efficiently they...

“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” Proverbs 27-19. At one time or another most people decide to keep a diary...

Household duties are varied and diverse and as anyone who has let things slide even for a few days knows, they must be met constantly to...

The pandemic’s forced isolation has sent my husband and me to the dog park almost each day for entertainment as viewed from the car. We...

Driving through the countryside one morning I saw an odd-looking, barn-like structure comprised of slatted wood strips held together with...

Non-human friends fill our lives with joy. We start out with eyes wide open and fully aware that pets don’t live as long as people. ...

If you do nothing else, be sure to document this holiday season. Write down details, feelings, what has happened and what is missing....

Thanksgiving was sure different this year due to the virus and the many restrictions. My husband and I ate alone and the ½ turkey breast...