“There are no badgers…”

I wander around CBC.ca daily, often to much enlightened gratification and mirth. Today was no exception, as Don Murray’s Viewpoint column was both a chuckle and an educational refresher. It’s easy to see exactly where John Mortimer was coming from….. For the official UK Parliament page, try here. More on the House of Lords (from…

A sunny Friday morning

Katherine and I ran some errands this morning. The sky was blue, K was in a good mood (so was I), there was coffee (for me), a toasted blueberry bagel with light cream cheese (for she) and a trip to the wool store (for we). On the way home, I stopped and quickly took a…

Creativity strikes the strangest places

I was bumping around Digg today (don’t ask why) and found this page of assorted variations on the 404 page not found error. What made it particularly ironic was that some of the individual sites no longer existed, so I was actually sent to a real 404 error. My favourite was this one, the sock….

A (Not So Good) Legacy of my Grandma

My Grandma passed along many gifts to me. Some were wonderful (my artistic ability and some of the training to use it) and some were less than fabulous. Among the latter is her concept of a thing, lost, lying in some perfectly reasonable location and laughing at your inability to find it. If there is…

Miracles happen

Our taxes are done. My book-keeping for last year is complete. All this, without my bloodpressure hitting the roof or anyone crying, dying or papers flying. Now to start tidying the studio…