Freedom: Friend or Foe?
No limits, or constraints. No strictures or structures, right? To be able to do or be whatever you choose? When I first started writing, “fiend or foe” came out :-). While that really isn’t what I mean, and despite the Freudian typo slip, it is true that I have a perplexing, unclear relationship to...
Devouring or Savouring?
Recently I found myself scanning a Vancouver weekly. It can be a pleasure to read The Georgia Straight: it’s full of cultural tidbits, occasionally has some progressive political commentary, good recipes, tips for restaurants. But I noticed something less than pleasurable. I was “devouring” the paper. I was not relaxed. I was pushing myself...
70 and Counting :-)
Last week I celebrated my 50th Reunion. If you add it up, that makes most of us who were there in our early seventies…Seven oh. It is still a bit of a shock to realize how many years — changes, memories, experiences, losses and pain, joys and learning, … are rolled into that number. It was gratifying to...
