Born November 10, 2005; Died June 23, 2014 She was such an important part of my life for the past eight years.  I miss her strong-willed...

Mother Nature, or should I say Climate Change, played a mean trick on the Maritimes today. Snow, ice pellets, snow, blowing snow and...

I went to see/hear Panti Bliss, the Irish Drag Queen, talk at St. Mary’s University last night. She was lovely, totally honest and...

When my children were young, I would often play the piano for hours. Mostly Mozart. I used to say Mozart was my best friend. We certainly...

A few days ago, I went over to my friend, Danuta’s, to watch a documentary on Philip Roth. She had taped it, knowing how much I like his...

This, so far, has been the best part of the holiday season: Lila visiting Santa! Her vet had a Christmas party for the animals. We even...

P1040579, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today is the tenth year anniversary of my blog. I started writing here ten years ago....

This morning I woke up thinking I love my life. With the sun streaming in my big windows overlooking the lake, I had to put sunglasses on...

Three days past Tuesday and I still have rubber legs. Still need to cover my right eye most of the time. We have had such glorious sunny...

Rosamund Street viaduct as seen in 2002 opening credits of Coronation Street (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For years I have been a more or...

All the way to the hospital yesterday morning, I felt like I wasn’t doing this: it was someone else and I was just in the car watching...

Last weekend, Lila and I went to Brule on the North Shore to visit with my friend Greta and some of her family. There were eight people...

IMG_3438, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. So I’ve had my stint in the Big City during the Big Heat Wave: it was wonderful being with...

IMG_3427, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Sad to leave, happy to be home.  I could fill a bucket with tears; love the cool rain.

The heat wave in NYC continues and, of course will abate the day I leave. So yesterday and today Damian and I are staying indoors where...

Yesterday Damian and I braved the intense NYC heat to go to the James Turrell light show at the Guggenheim. Turrell had transformed the...

The opening reception at the Jo Beale Gallery last Sunday was very good. Usually I don’t like my work to be hung salon style, one on top...

IMG_3354, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Yesterday Jo came by at 6:30 am to pick out the work for the exhibit at her gallery, opening...

P1040353, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Often, usually, after I post I think of lots I left out. So here are a few thoughts about my...

The second evening of the program, Alan had us go into the woods and find some sticks to make a memorial to an ancestor we each wanted to...