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Meet Rosie Riviera-Lopez

“The most challenging thing about painting is knowing when to stop,” says Rosie Riviera-Lopez, an artist and educator who recently moved to a small town in Northumberland County, east of Toronto. I did this interview for the Northumberland Festival of the Arts. (Link below)

Emancipation Day comes to Canada

Originally posted on Robby Robin's Journey:
There’s so much happening in our little corner of Canada this weekend. You might say that in New Brunswick we are being emancipated from the emergency restrictions put in place to combat COVID.  Starting yesterday, the province that cut off non-essential travel not just with Maine but also…

Days off in South Africa – Part 1

Reposting this.  It still gives me chills… While training TV journalists at the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, my colleague Marie and I were offered a weekend loan of a friend’s cottage a few hours drive away. We could hardly wait. While there, we planned to visit another friend at his farm. There, we’d see… Continue reading Days off in South Africa – Part 1

A Gardener’s Question to God

When you said we should love all your creatures And I try – you know that I do When you told us that we should love them Did you mean mosquitoes too? ** Yes, I know that some humans are awful And I know we’ve not done very well And it’s true that I felt some… Continue reading A Gardener’s Question to God

The Freshness of June

May is the month of planting, transplanting and maintaining. And anticipating the month of June. June brings a lush beauty. The green of ferns and hosta. Buds on hydrangea shrubs. Flowers on various kinds of dogwood trees and perennials. The tree peonies, first of the peonies to bloom in my garden. The Canadian anemone which… Continue reading The Freshness of June

Back to School

Hello Everyone: I have been enormously busy in recent weeks and this is one of several reasons why: multiple school visits (virtual). We had a wonderful time visiting with the students and staff of an elementary school recently. We read the Myrtle the Purple Turtle books to the students, answered their questions and posed some… Continue reading Back to School

Miss Marnie Reads Myrtle

What a delight to stumble across a reading of Myrtle the Purple Turtle by Teacher Marnie in Idaho.   She does a great job of the reading!  (I’ve just discovered that some people can access the link and some can’t – not sure why. You may need to click it twice.) We know there are other… Continue reading Miss Marnie Reads Myrtle

There are some things a poet cannot accept

Originally posted on Tallis Steelyard:
There are times when a poet must make a stand and say, “This has happened without my cognisance and I will not accept it!” Today has not been the best of days. Today I got a note from a patron. Common enough, especially from her, as she was always quick…

Sharing a Smile

Inside the house, I rarely use a cane, as there’s furniture and walls to hold on to if my right leg acts up. But I always use a cane on the outside deck as the furniture  and railings are farther away. So guess who has decided to copy her grandmother? Made me laugh.  Hope it… Continue reading Sharing a Smile

Three Things

THING 1:  A play will be staged this spring in Toronto and surprise, surprise: there’s a character based on me and my true-life involvement in the hiring of Toronto’s first female firefighter. I’ve been told from someone who saw a reading that the actor playing the role is very strong. To which I said: I… Continue reading Three Things