21 things i’m grateful for heading into 2021
I think most of us would agree that 2020 pretty much sucked. It feels to me as if the whole world, including little ‘ole me, has been traumatized by the…
I think most of us would agree that 2020 pretty much sucked. It feels to me as if the whole world, including little ‘ole me, has been traumatized by the…
The Christmas season has been hard for me for the past decade or so. Still, I think it’s healing, healthy and hopeful to find joy in small things. It’s the…
Christmas 2020: I made this video comprising pics of mom and me during the festive season at her big red brick house on the hill in 2008. I was…
Even in all this COVID Christmas mess, there are moments of joy to be found. Especially in giving and receiving. Here are eleven things I am grateful for today: I’m…
Despite my grief and sorrow at having been caught in a cycle of emotional abuse, I feel lucky to be finally free of the drama, chaos and destruction of that…
Our first, and hopefully our last (!) COVID Christmas is around the corner. Behind me lie two years (almost to the day) of chaos, heartbreak and lies, punctuated by moments…
This poem was generated by a writing group prompt asking us to imagine improbable “what if?”s. This poem is about that. what if? © 2020 punkie what if?…
There’s a heat warning in Southern Ontario today, just as there was yesterday, the day before, and the day before that. The temperature outside is 36 C, with humidex…
I first created and shared this post on June 22, 2014. I’m republishing it again on June 4, 2020, because today I have felt joyful after what has seemed a…
Sometimes something drops into my life that fits so perfectly it takes my breath away – like a blow to the chest. This tune is one of those somethings….