|
|||||
|
June 22, 2010 Getting behind in my blogging and posting again! Well,of course, I did quite a bit of blogging over at the My Church Journey” blog, the past few days. I spent most of today having an absolutely wonderful time with my 1 1/2 year old grandson and 1 1/2 month old granddaughter, as . . . → Read More: grandmothering, personal letter writing, aboriginal day May 22, 2010 I had a flash of inspiration! I love following my many Haida Gwaii friends on Facebook, love their status updates on life on the Gwaii, their pictures, their care for their nation and culture. And in that “flash of inspiration” moment, I posted: “I love reading people’s comments and statuses and . . . → Read More: new blog? “Haida Gwaii alive” or ??? February 21 So yesterday I gave the living room hideabed away, and we moved the daybed down from the spare room to take its place. The spare room is turning into storage of packed boxes, ready to go when the time comes. It’s beautifully sunny out today, but chilly. The temperature still goes down to around -7 to . . . → Read More: Life, truth, downsizing, church… February 19, 2009 Tonight was the monthly Penticton Writer’s Group meeting, and the challenge for this month was to write a sonnet. Since I missed the last meeting, I didn’t know what the challenge was… so emailed the lady in charge – and consequently had very little time to write a poem in a format that . . . → Read More: Sonnet This morning on the Vancouver news there was an item about a Sikh temple where moderates and conservatives are having a difference of opinion of whether or not to allow tables and chairs in the dining area, to keep the new ways that have crept in, or go back to the old ways with their deep . . . → Read More: Changes in culture, traditions, beliefs… the life of the people… Greetings! I was planning to post up a rather humorous story I wrote yesterday about my experiences living in trailers in Haida Gwaii. However, I’ve decided instead (for now at least) to share some thoughts about education when I was a child. If you’d like to see the trailer story, though, feel . . . → Read More: School Way Back When, When the Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth I love weather! I also love sleeping outside, no matter how windy and rainy it is. I believe this goes back to my earliest days. I was less than a month old when I returned from my summer-holidays birthplace in warm, sunny Summerland BC to our home in the blustery, misty isles of Haida Gwaii . . . → Read More: I love weather! I wrote this in my journal the other day as I sat on the ferry crossing from Vancouver Island to the mainland… I am surprised how “open” the water is here. Islands are quite far off in the distance, just dark grayish shadows along the edge of the horizon across the expanse of . . . → Read More: I must go down to the seas again… |
      |
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Pen 'n Paper Mama - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
