This morning my husband and I drove an hour for a five-minute visit to a residence for independent elders. We stayed in the lobby – standing – for our allotted portion of three-hundred seconds, and then headed back to the car to drive an hour Read More …
A light snow began to quietly fall over the Island yesterday morning, dusting each surface as icing sugar sifted over velvety pieces of strawberry shortcake. On throughout the day, and into the darkness, snow continued to waft gently downwards. In normal times we’d have headed Read More …
Happy New Year! This year, more than ever, I’m sending you wishes for health, happiness, and well-being. Many of my friends find that making New Year’s resolutions is a good way to motivate themselves to try new things, to form new habits, or to unlearn Read More …
I’ve had several conversations recently, all on the same topic; whether by phone, via ZOOM, through text messaging, or even using DM (direct messaging) over on Twitter and Instagram. Which topic, you ask? Whether we’ve all learned anything from this year, at either a personal Read More …
This afternoon the Canadian Pain Society (CPS) hosted a webinar, via ZOOM, on “Early Life Adversity and Pain” with several outstanding talks. There was also a fantastic question and answer, or Q&A, discussion along with a very active online text-based ‘chat’ throughout the webinar. The Read More …
This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were fewer trick-or-treaters than usual in my area at Halloween. Although I’d expected that there might be less activity than in previous years, I hadn’t wanted to run out of candies and disappoint any kids. We normally Read More …
