Tomorrow is Hogmanay, the custom-laden Scottish new year’s eve. While some of my genetic background is Scottish – it is said that the Flora MacDonald who smuggled Bonnie Prince Charlie out of Scotland in 1746 was a distant relative of Continue reading Goodbye 2022→

My youngest sister – 10 years my junior – and I, comparing notes some years ago after one of us had had a particularly challenging exchange with Bell Canada, realized that we both had developed what we labelled our “Bell Continue reading The Bell voice→

November 29th will be the 10th anniversary of Giving Tuesday. Initially created as a response tp (or perhaps a pushback from) Cyber Monday, when people are encouraged to get serious about their festive season shopping by taking advantage of online Continue reading Giving season opening day→

It won’t be long ’til we’re all complaining about the cold, snow and ice that come with our long northern winters, I know, but just for today I want to celebrate the first snowfall, which arrived overnight where I live. Continue reading I know, I know . . .→