Splendid views abound on the Grand Canal; here with the dome of Santa Maria della Salute on the right. Having just returned from four days in Venice, I’m in that limbo phase, a reverse homesickness, in which I’m longing to be there again while trying to coax back to reality the part of me that didn’t quite make the flight home. The only way to deal with it is to…
When my son and his Korean-born wife lost their jobs in Toronto due to Covid and upped sticks to Korea, I assumed that I would likely visit them at some point, but there was certainly no rush to do so. When their son was born earlier this year, Korea suddenly roared to the top of my travel list. I am ashamed of my ignorance of the Far East. It somehow…
Zooming with Prince Edward County Library. Here are the links to recent online interviews: Interview with CBC's Shelagh Rogers for CBC Radio's The Next Chapter (May 30, 2020): https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1743333955637/ Podcast interview with Sandy Reynolds and Patti Hall for Reframe Your Life (June 10, 2020):https://bit.ly/31mVjHO Zoom interview with Liz Zylstra for the Prince Edward County Library: (June 24, 2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyad7VLrGo
During the COVID lockdown, one of the most frequent questions among my friends (from the category of first-world-problems, that is) has been, "When will hair salons re-open?" They need a trim or to have their roots and highlights retouched. When I’ve Zoomed with these women, they look lovely, and their hair looks the same as when the salons were open. Luckily, my friends are law-abiding types; none of them is…
