A long-awaited family gathering for photos, cancelled due to illness. Savings for a holiday rechannelled into necessary repairs because of hurricane or tornado damage. We’re going along nicely with a goal in mind then something happens to change it all. … Continue reading →
Friends and I have been talking on social media about the social distancing. A fellow storyteller, John, came up with a better term, physical distancing. I replied that the people who invented the term “social distancing” should have hired … Continue reading →
Just over a week ago, friends through Toastmasters gathered at my home, by invitation, for a craft afternoon. We’d talked about it at our Christmas gathering, set a date and now here we were, ready for it. We’d also discussed, … Continue reading →
In Toastmasters there’s no end to the kind of project we can take on to practise leadership and communication skills. Apart from contests that bear a competitive edge of speaking before our group, there are also individual projects and leadership … Continue reading →
Last Saturday was such a wintry day. The snow kept falling and didn’t seem to stop. It would be a white day for sure. Our winter has been such a mix of weather thus far. The day before, a … Continue reading →
I had the privilege of working with Deborah Pryce, an artist I consider a good friend, for the cover of my poetry book, and with Glynis Belec and Amanda Belec Belec at Angel Hope Publishing for Piece by Piece. … Continue reading →
We plan for months for this season. We purchase gifts, or craft supplies to make gifts, and then work towards the date. In the summer I also preserved food, some of which would be gifts from my kitchen in this … Continue reading →
One of the aspects of being involved in an organization is connecting with like-minded people. Oh, we vary in interests and career choices and points in our lives, yet we cannot help but connect in a friendly way … Continue reading →
In case you wonder what a book launch has to do with Toastmasters, it’s this. We take what we learn in Toastmasters to our life, our profession, and our chosen vocations. As Marj said to me earlier, “Toastmasters is … Continue reading →
When fellow Toastmaster Gary asked if I would someday write a book, I didn’t know how that would happen. After all I was writing short pieces only—opinion editorials and articles. After my first writer’s conference in 2001, I began … Continue reading →
