Putting the OM in OMG
That sounds a little ominous, doesn't it? It's not the end of my time on this planet - I hope! - but it is the end of my Reign as Book Fair Lady. Eighteen book fairs, people. I have done eighteen book fairs, although to be honest, the New Book Fair … [Continue reading]
On the radio last week, they were having a contest to win tickets to see Brian Wilson - of Beach Boys fame - in concert. I actually thought that Brian Wilson died a long time ago, which is the reason I am rarely, if ever, upset by celebrity deaths. I … [Continue reading]
You guys, it is Wednesday already, and in one week, February will be over. Over! February feels like it just started, I have four months left before both of my children are junior high students, one month before I have a teenager, and six days until … [Continue reading]
This week has been a seemingly endless series of irritations, both of the minor kind and of the more sweeping variety, and I have been - possibly due to Female Cyclical Emotional Upheaval - unable to keep my usual Om Shanti outlook and am instead … [Continue reading]
There is no question that I am not gifted artistically. I am a person who couldn't, say, draw a car without having a car directly in front of her and even then it would be a strange, stickman-like car. Things that normal people might find easy are … [Continue reading]
I was driving home from yoga on Tuesday when I heard on the radio that Southern Alberta is under an extreme cold warning; Calgary is NOT included in this warning. I looked at the dashboard and the temperature read minus 26. What does a city have to … [Continue reading]
The other day I had just finished showering, preparing to teach an evening class, when the dryer finished its cycle. I brought the basket upstairs, in my bathrobe, and pulled on a pair of socks that were on top. I am now ruined for non-dryer-warmed … [Continue reading]
