Whether I’m away for a day or two, or a week or more, I never cancel my newspapers. It’s my way of catching up on what I missed during my absence. How much time I can give to the Edmonton Journals and National Posts that piled up during my absence depends on how high the… Read more »
From Where I Sit is the only ongoing Voice column that is reprinted – the rest of the material is all written specifically for The Voice. Selected for its consistent quality, and accessible, slice-of-life style, this column reflects the life of the modern rural student, combining farm life and responsibilities with higher learning and artistic… Read more »
One of my favourite rituals each November or December is deciding on a planner for the coming year. It may be contrary to the advice of time management gurus, but I always have more than one tool at my disposal. Nothing electronic, mind you. No Palm Pilot or Blackberry to keep this kid focused and… Read more »
It’s December 11th as I write this. In two short weeks from today, our extended family will be gathering here for Christmas dinner. Yikes! Check out this status report. The new dishwasher we bought in June is still sitting in the middle of the kitchen awaiting installation. What’s the big deal you may ask? When… Read more »
We’ve been led to believe that making judgments is a bad thing. Pat Allen (2005) in her book entitled Art is a Spiritual Path offers a new way to look at things. Allen runs an art program in her US studio. Artists undertake a two-part process. Part one is creation. Part two is what she… Read more »
My daughter Hilary and I joined a capacity crowd at the Winspear Centre recently as guests of the Edmonton Journal. In a huge thank you gesture to Journal subscribers, we were assembled to listen to the maven of manners Lynne Truss. Truss is the British author of “Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness… Read more »
Roy was no sooner out of the country than I began a long-delayed project. And I didn’t bother to tell him about the project either during our daily phone calls. I’m not entirely sure he’ll be thrilled when he gets home. Like many men, he was probably secretly hoping I’d forget about the project. Perhaps,… Read more »
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians will stop whatever they’re doing and remember. Many of us will be fuzzy on the exact dates and details of the great wars, but they will nonetheless, pause to show respect for the ultimate sacrifice Canadian forces made on our behalf. At… Read more »
While channel surfing the other day I stumbled across ONE the mind, body, spirit channel (Starchoice 575). It was one channel that I hadn’t really fully explored because of course I’m hooked on HGTV and BOOK TV. I stayed put for half an hour to watch a program on Metta Meditation. Meditation is one of… Read more »
What do you do when you have an important decision to make? Do you contact JoJo’s psychic alliance for advice from a clairvoyant? Do you talk to the ones nearest and dearest to you because it will undoubtedly impact them as well? Do you research trends and probabilities? Do you weigh pros and cons, risks… Read more »