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Lila
Born November 10, 2005; Died June 23, 2014 She was such an important part of my life for the past eight years. Â I miss her strong-willed...
Oct 10, 20141 min read


Bad joke!
Mother Nature, or should I say Climate Change, played a mean trick on the Maritimes today. Snow, ice pellets, snow, blowing snow and...
Apr 1, 20142 min read


Panti
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...
Mar 30, 20141 min read


Hanging out with an old friend
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...
Mar 7, 20141 min read


Mr. Roth according to Mr. Roth
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...
Dec 30, 20132 min read


Why not visit Santa!
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...
Dec 23, 20131 min read


Ten years!
P1040579, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today is the tenth year anniversary of my blog. I started writing here ten years ago....
Dec 18, 20131 min read


The view from here
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...
Oct 28, 20132 min read


I must have a thousand photos of sunrise over the lake
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...
Oct 11, 20132 min read


Cure fear with fright
Rosamund Street viaduct as seen in 2002 opening credits of Coronation Street (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For years I have been a more or...
Sep 27, 20131 min read


It’s a whole new world
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...
Sep 10, 20132 min read


Brule Beach rocks!
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...
Aug 24, 20131 min read


Checking in
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...
Jul 28, 20131 min read


Survived the heat!
IMG_3427, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Sad to leave, happy to be home. Â I could fill a bucket with tears; love the cool rain.
Jul 23, 20131 min read
Civilities
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...
Jul 19, 20132 min read
Turning up the senses
Yesterday Damian and I braved the intense NYC heat to go to the James Turrell light show at the Guggenheim. Turrell had transformed the...
Jul 17, 20132 min read
A change of scene
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...
Jul 14, 20131 min read


A long day, really
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...
Jul 6, 20131 min read


The things I didn’t say
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...
Jun 15, 20131 min read


Fire objects
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...
Jun 14, 20132 min read
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