Today is National French Toast Day. Did you know that? Or maybe it’s just in Canada. One of my favorite French toast memories is from...

A couple of days ago, I awoke to a dream I was having.  In mood, it was just like the worst first day of school dreams I used to have...

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...

I am finding out, once again, how important color is to me.  I had painted one wall in my kitchen a beautiful shade of dark blue.  I love...

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...

If you have twenty-five minutes in your day, it would be time well spent to see this.  Age does not necessarily stop intelligence and...

IMG_3950, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. For the past month or more, every Wednesday we have had a heavy snowstorm. Usually about 15...

P1040753, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The sun comes out and all is quiet. We have had such an array of weather lately, cold, warm,...

P1040690, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s a real blizzard outside (wind/snow/wind/snow/snow/snow/snow) . . . and a lively blast...

I found this on Ailsa’a blog, Where’s My Backpack: In the words of the great Neil Gaiman: May your coming year be filled with magic and...

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...

IMG_3846, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All will be a skating rink. #Rain #Weather

P1040564, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. It’s been snowing gently for about eighteen hours and it doesn’t look like it wants to stop!...

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....

Daylily, July 7, 2010, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. People are still talking about it. The young kids from lower income families...

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...

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...