Most of us gravitate to the familiar. We stick with a favourite route to work or the store. If we find a doctor, hairdresser, shoe shop, or dentist we like we keep going back until they miss a diagnosis, take too much off the top, sell us stilettos, or yank out the wrong tooth. Most… Read more »
It’s been quite a while since I shared my collection of clever license plates and signs with you. I only have one sign from beside a church but It’s a goodie, especially these days. ” Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet Him.” It seems the more aggressive license… Read more »
Though the temptation is to close the door and my mind to festival work, I’m not indulging in that. I invested some money in clear plastic totes and storage solutions so that the growing inventory of festival stuff can be sorted and stored more easily. Not only will this corral and protect the items but… Read more »
As I write this on Monday, August 24th, I’m still vertical. “So what’s the big deal,” you may be wondering. The deal is that I’ve survived the coordination of another successful Babas & Borshch Ukrainian Festival. And while I always try to learn from the failures and successes of others, the lesson I’m still learning… Read more »
With so many people hating their jobs and their bosses, I count myself lucky. With so many people simply putting in time and counting down the days until they ?find something better?, or retire, or win the lottery, I count myself lucky. With so many people not understanding the big picture of job satisfaction and… Read more »
In Alberta, charities and societies have grown to rely on the proceeds of gaming to fund special projects, programming, operating costs, and other approved expenditures. Those proceeds may come through a provincial grant program or more directly through working casinos or satellite bingos. As Festival Coordinator, working for a society that now has two years… Read more »
The festival I coordinate (Babas and Borshch Ukrainian Festival) is about a month away. This will be the third year and considerably easier on my nerves. When I recall the number of nights in 2013 that I laid staring at the ceiling, and the clock, I know many things have gotten easier. On those nights… Read more »
Sometimes a whole bunch of obligations conspire to test one’s time management skills, priorities, and sanity. Here’s a peek at what’s going on in our lives. As Alberta wilts through a prolonged heat wave we are planning to get air conditioning installed. We’ve talked about it for years but did nothing. Until now. Even so,… Read more »
One day while visiting a city library I browsed through their discards to see if I wanted anything for my own collection. That day I bought my first audio books. No, technically that’s not true. I have many, many personal development books and presentations on cassette tapes. Cassette tapes. They may as well be eight… Read more »
Is there anything more gorgeous than a peony? Not only are they magnificent when they bloom but they also have so much more in their favour. They are extremely hardy. I’ve never heard of winterkill taking these girls down. Considering that they die back to the ground each fall, it is a small miracle that… Read more »