I find it overwhelming how many options there are. The hill of social injustice, the hill of veganism, the hill of plastic, the hills of avocados or almonds, the hill of endangered animals, of world hunger, of animal cruelty, abortion rights, and climate change, to name a few. For Dave and I, it’s veal. ...
Category: Social commentary
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Thoughts on Truth and Reconciliation
Since the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation has just passed here in Canada, the topic of Residential Schools has been on my mind. Coincidentally, my book club met on September 30th, the very day. Our book choice was “The Splendid and the Vile” by Eric Larsson. It’s a historical book describing the years...
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“Panny” Fashion, or, Comfort wear for the end times
I’m assuming the fashion industry, amongst many others, has been hard hit by the pandemic. I can’t imagine that there’s been a huge demand for high fashion during the past ten months. Perhaps the 1% are still wearing the latest outfits and stilettos, but down in the trenches, it’s another story. The new office wear...
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Gratitude and Mourning
The pandemic has made most of us realize how much of “normal” life we took for granted. In retrospect I’m grateful for the things that I mourn the loss of: casual dinners with friends, birthday parties, Thanksgiving with 12 guests for dinner, all of whom decide to congregate in the overheated kitchen, and the list...
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Waking up
Every time I start a blog post in the last two months I make a good start, but by the next news cycle or after I watch something educational and meaningful about Black Lives, I have to delete so much that I give up. I can’t keep ahead of what’s happening, either outside or inside...
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Collateral Effects of the current sitch
So, it’s what, Day 23? Something like that. It’s fascinating to observe things, some that are coming out of my psyche, some physical observations, plus seeing choices I make start to change to fit the circs. Here are some random observations I’ve made. I had already put off going to the hairdresser for many weeks...
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the New Normal
This may be a temporary state, but if it lasts long enough it’ll feel like normalcy. This is day six by my count since I (and scads of others) have had my work canceled and the powers that be have told us to kindly stay away from one another. Ordinarily I’m not one to look...
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Why women of “A Certain Age” might “Let themselves go”
Right up front I’ll admit that I’m one of those women. I’m “that age” and “I’m letting things go”. Occasionally I ask myself if I should be trying a little harder, but let’s walk through why I’m tempted not to. First of all, let’s talk about makeup. I’ve never worn much makeup and now when...
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Perspective (Part 3 about Aging)
The old adage goes, “Youth is wasted on the young.” (I thought it was Oscar Wilde, but after a tiny bit of googling I found out it was more likely George Bernard Shaw, which you can read about here.) I’ve always loved that quote and admired the wit behind it. It evokes so much in...
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Aging ain’t all bad
I thought I’d do a short series on aging since it’s on my mind lately. There are obvious downsides to it (check my previous post here), but there are many upsides and I thought I’d do a couple of posts focusing on those. Most of us know the downsides, but if I remember being young...