Author Archives: Nancy

It is hard during these days not to get too closed in, to worrying about my own well-being, my family, my friends, my community, when I think what I should be doing is opening up and thinking about the world. … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a bad day for me. I was grumpy and irritable. Had there been anyone around, which of course there wasn’t due to social isolating, and had they looked at me in a certain way, I probably would have, … Continue reading →

A friend shared that these days of physical isolation are reminding his father of childhood days when the polio epidemic was raging. Between the years of 1949 and 1954 there were 11,000 Canadians paralyzed. The disease peaked in 1953 with … Continue reading →

Hello dear friends in cyberspace. Here we are in the second week of “sheltering in” (which sounds so much nicer than “social isolating”) and I am wondering what are you missing the most? Is it seeing friends? Is it going … Continue reading →

There is much talk about distancing these days. We call it “social distancing”, but as one friend pointed out yesterday in a Zoom conversation, it is really more about physical distancing, than social distancing. Social media is alive and well … Continue reading →

Under the category of “who knew” … who knew a week ago that “flattening the curve” “pandemic” and “social distancing” would be part of our everyday vocabulary? Who knew that ‘snowbirds’ would be shortening their winter vacations to scuttle home … Continue reading →

So, yesterday I wrote a blog about shifting the narrative. Believe me, I am working on that! The idea was prompted by a blog I read recently that a friend had posted on Facebook. It began, “I want to go … Continue reading →

It may be that I just had my birthday. It may be that the winter seems unending. It may be that the news is wearing me down. It may be that my resolutions from January are long-forgotten and I feel … Continue reading →

This morning, as I drove to work, I listened to The Current on CBC radio. Host Matt Galloway was interviewing a salesman for private jets. The article was about the rise in the sale of private jets in the face … Continue reading →

Yep, it is day 3 of the new year and I still feel sluggish, confused as to what day it is and, did I say, sluggish?. The socializing and eating marathon of the festive season has now pretty much passed. … Continue reading →