Having recovered from the travel trauma (with a titch of crankiness along the way), it seems good to look back at the past week, that whizzed by in a blur since I arrived home in the wee hours on Monday, with a Friday’s Fave Five post focusing on sparks of joy and gratitude. A short prairie drive….
Thursday Thirteen
Okay, I’ll play. Linking up with Thursday Thirteen where we make a list of thirteen things of our choosing. What’s on my mind these days is harm done by spending too much time online, either reading the news or doom scrolling (I’m speaking about myself, personally. We all have different thresholds.) Here’s a list of thirteen things…
Wednesday Hodgepodge – February 11
Delighted to link up with Jackie at From This Side of the Pond for another edition of Wednesday Hodgepodge. 1. What’s something recent that had you ‘tickled pink’? I took my 17-year-old granddaughter out for some “Grandma and Makiya” time when I was in Kamloops, and was delighted when she said she feels like no time…
Travel Woes
I arrived home in the wee hours of Monday morning after another long and unpredictable travel day. At this point, I’m beyond done with traveling. My flight out of Kamloops on Sunday was delayed for eight hours, initially because of early morning fog preventing an incoming flight from landing, setting dominoes of flight mayhem into…
Friday’s Fave Five – February 6
It’s been a while since I participated in Friday’s Fave Five, and I appreciate the opportunity to pick up a habit that helps maintain a focus on gratitude and good things. Fresh flowers. I got out of the habit of keeping fresh flowers on the dining table, in part, because our chess board claimed the centre spot…
Wednesday Hodgepodge
Fun to be back and participating in linkups again. Thanks to Joyce at From This Side Of the Pond for hosting the Wednesday Hodgepodge questions. 1. The Winter Olympics kick off on Friday, February 6th…on a scale of 1-10 how excited are you? (1= eh and 10=watching every event all day every day). What’s your favorite Winter Olympic sporting…




