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Remembrance Day
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In…
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Spring Cleaning for 2013
With Easter just around the corner and possibly spring coming shortly after–Canadians have to wait a bit longer for spring t0 properly arrive and winter to make her final exit–that it would make sense to update my blog. Many things have changed in the past few weeks . Like we have a new pope, Pope…
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Grey Morning in a New Reality
Outside the window, grey clouds fill the sky and raindrops stream through the air. A warm morning for an early December day, the weather being more likely for mid-November. The rain does not bother me as I am sitting in a GO train headed to downtown Toronto, and getting ready for the start of a…
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Comments Off As Life Picks Up
Life, nature or the universe has a perverse sense of humour. The next day after I posted my last blog post, optimistic of the future and looking forward to approaching life in a slower pace… well everything happens at once. And it seems like someone decided to fall asleep on the ‘drama’ button in my…
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No Need to Complain
This post is dedicated to my good friend Rudy. As I drove back from work on Monday with Rudy, I drove poor Rudy crazy with my complaints about work. Sure there are less than ideal situations that I have to deal with everyday. But I’m sure that everyone else who works, also comes up against…
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Messy
I missed an update yesterday, but I won’t fudge it today and backdate this post. Things are a bit messy at the moment and behind schedule unfortunately. I’m trying to fix this, but I’m not sure when everything will get back on-track. So until that time, I’m going to keep the posts shorts and not…
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As the Year Wraps Up
Less than 37 days or so remain in this year, and so I almost want to look back at this year in nostalgia. A lot of personal growth happened, even if my plans only now are starting to get realized. I discovered the fullness of what it means to be human: love, life, hate, death,…
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Realizations
This past week gave me much to think about, and the long periods of silence that helps guide such thinking. Amongst the many thoughts, worries, concerns and hopes, the hardest realization is facing reality for what it is. Regardless of what people tell you, reality does exist. And its existence is independent of your own.…
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Back in Toronto, Back to Blogging
Yesterday I landed in Toronto. I’m home again. Back to the normal and ordinary. But even as the airplane hit the tarmack, I knew things will never be quite the same. The things I experienced, saw, heard and understood during my short stay in Europe, has changed my perspective, attitude and expectations. I won’t go…
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Parting with the Somber
I changed the theme for the blog again. Back to the nice calm, natural feel that I so very much enjoy. Also I am parting from the somber mood. Maybe this is a bit premature. Maybe not. But I can’t help it… I want to bounce back to my cheery, crazy self again. Maybe I…