It is snowing! If you read this journal for any length of time, you will know that snow, winter and cabin fever are very real issues in my existence. Isolation and Canadian winter make a potent opponent. But the first snow is different. It is magical. I am amazed at my internal response to the… Continue reading First Snow of Autumn 2012
Category: 2012
2012 Entries
Thoughts On Frank Harris’ Biography “Oscar Wilde”
When: 1915 Where: England Who: Frank Harris, Author of Oscar Wilde by Frank Harris, page 71Dell Publishing Co. Inc., 750 Third Avenue, New York 17, NY., First Dell printing – October 1960, Printed in the U.S.A. Frank Harris, in “Oscar Wilde”, page 71. “The road to power or influence in England is full of pitfalls… Continue reading Thoughts On Frank Harris’ Biography “Oscar Wilde”
Apple Season
Attila and I visited our little house in the city over the last weekend. Attila built a planter for the front corner of the house. It is decorative, and will look wonderful with blooming flowers next spring/summer/autumn. But the real reason it has been constructed is to provide insulation for the foundation at the corner… Continue reading Apple Season
Where I Want To Be
When we moved into our country house we purchased a sofa from IKEA that pulled out into a large bed. It has been in almost constant use, as a bed. We moved it to our little house in the city and have been sleeping on it there ever since. That left us with no sofa… Continue reading Where I Want To Be
Meander
The days are beginning to blend. With no regularly scheduled activities in the outside world the days begin to run into each other, broken only by Attila’s occasional day off work. It reminds me of summers during my childhood, when weeks passed without any contact with the outside world, and days grew slowly along with… Continue reading Meander