My Life. My Blog.

Someone recently asked me if I was lonely during COVID.  I was thrown by the question … I wasn’t lonely and I hadn’t considered myself alone.   I had a Georgie Cat.  Answering I wasn’t alone apparently wasn’t answering the question.  While I appreciate the concern, it struck me as such an odd question.  While I’m sure a lot of people were lonely, I get some people need to be around others - in a sitting in the room, face to face kind of way … I’m not. I still worked - had sev

When I was in grade 5 we had to write and deliver speeches as a part of English.  Not my favourite English assignment. I remember sitting on the floor in one of the pods listening to a classmate talk about her grandmother receiving a letter from the Queen on her 100th birthday.  I thought it was so cool that I decided - in that moment - to live to be 100 too. It’s never occurred to me that I wouldn’t.  Like somehow that decision made it so. The truth is - I still don’t doubt

I recently went horseback riding with a friend. It was one of those mornings - sun barely out, hiding behind the clouds, a bit windy, cool … it was just the two of us - even though it wasn’t a private ride, it turned into one.  It was perfect! I love horseback riding.  I have as long as I can remember.  There is something about being out on a trail … it feels like magic … like being suspended between two worlds. What’s odd - I’ve been on several trail rides as an adult - so t