My patient told me she would be 85 on Sunday.“I will be 55 on Saturday,” I added. 25…55…85 summer…fall…winter a hop, skip and a jump Happy Birthday to us! and at 55, I feel free to be me. January 30, 1960…Fifty years ago (hard to believe isn’t it!)
Archive for January, 2010
Freedom 55
Posted in family, seasons of life on January 30, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Food as Medicine
Posted in food and drink, health and wellness on January 29, 2010 | 11 Comments »
“Let food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be food.” Hippocrates I have read numerous books and articles on nutrition and have generally followed the advice of the Canada Food Guide in choosing foods for myself and our family. Our daughters were all sensitive to cow’s milk, yet I continued to give them dairy [...]
Food, Glorious Food, Don’t care what the cook’s like…
Posted in food and drink, health and wellness on January 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Published by Carnation, 1955 This is my first cookbook which I received at the age of six or seven. The Becka scanned the cover for me last week and labeled the file sexist_turning_little_girls_into_housewives_beginners_manual.jpg She was appalled at the tone and content of the book which suggested that only Mother and Older Sister could work in [...]
Food Glorious Food!
Posted in family, food and drink, Remember Whensday on January 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ruth, Sandra and Nathan 1958 Food, glorious food!What wouldn’t we give forThat extra bit more –That’s all that we live forWhy should we be fated toDo nothing but broodOn food,Magical food,Wonderful food,Marvellous food,Fabulous food…(from Oliver!) We had a vinyl recording of the Broadway musical Oliver! which we listened to repeatedly as children. I still remember [...]
Parable of the Forest
Posted in health and wellness, nature, spirituality, trails, workplace on January 24, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Not far from our home is a small 35 hectare woodlot of white pine, sugar maple, beech and red oak trees. The canopy towers high above the forest floor and busy roads and an industrial park line its perimeter. It is easy to walk through the trails in half an hour which makes it perfect [...]
Remember Whensday: In the Clouds
Posted in family, mexico, Remember Whensday on January 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Philip and The Becka in the clouds at the top of the Ceboruco Volcano I last visited Mexico in 2006 and started blogging the next month. One of my first posts was about our climb toward the crater of the Ceboruco Volcano near Tepic, Nayarit. My brother Philip has a knack for selecting a very [...]
Creative Challenges
Posted in this and that on January 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Link to my photo on Flickr I started blogging three and a half years ago and this creative outlet has stimulated an increased interest in the world around me. Other bloggers have taught me much and have challenged me to examine my views on many subjects. The internet is full of wonderful information but is [...]
Week Three of the January Bird Count
Posted in birds on January 18, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Watching birds from the pier at the Burlington Canal I went out almost every day again after work to look for birds for the count and until Friday, added only three to my list. The most unexpected find was a Belted Kingfisher who was noisily fishing an open spot in the Grand River. On Saturday [...]
Relief for Haiti
Posted in people and places, spirituality on January 14, 2010 | 10 Comments »
During my recent trip to California, Arizona and Nevada I made the tongue-in-cheek comment that I would like to experience a small earthquake just to see what it felt like. After seeing the devastation in Haiti, I will not joke about something as potentially serious as this. I was aware of my initial emotional disconnection [...]
Birding in Mennonite Country-2010
Posted in Mennonites on January 12, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Spreading manure on the fields There are many Old Order Mennonite farms north of the city and the surrounding country side is the winter home of Snowy Owls, Rough-legged Hawks, and Bald Eagles. We were unable to find any owls or eagles this past weekend but driving here is always interesting. One cannot complain about [...]
