Then there is the survey that shows people who fold their toilet paper use more paper than those who crumple it up. What I want to know...

Blue heron, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A few days ago I heard someone on the radio talk about a how there is some movement in...

The brook, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Friday afternoon, I had four Portuguese Water dogs in my living room. It was a very busy...

For most of the winter, Point Pleasant Park was rather uninteresting, especially compared to walking on the golf course, where the...

Winter is retreating. After a week of summer weather, then snow, now cool sunshine, it’s exciting to see small buds on trees and a few...

Ashburn Golf Course, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The days have been unseasonably warm this week. Spring has come early for Nova...

NYC March 4, 2012 , originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. New York City is like bread: comfort food that leaves you wanting more. And makes...

NYC March 2, 2012, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Wouldn’t you know it, here I am in exciting NYC and I come down with a bad head...

Yes, I’m definitely in New York City, where everything moves faster and is bigger than life. To my surprise, a woman got up to give me...

David Halliday wrote a beautiful post about Marilyn Monroe a few days ago. To quote: Marilyn Monroe was a paradox. She had serious...

P1030860, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. So it’s another year and, other than having to remember to write it on checks, it in many...

Snow 12.23.2011, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. We were told it would be 2 to 5 cm. of snow. It’s been at least 10. It’s a damp snow...

Bayswater Beach, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Birthdays are such interesting events. It seems there is often a duplicity happening:...

Yesterday someone had written some words of Oscar Wilde: Morality, like art, means drawing a line somewhere. I saw at least half a dozen...

A little more rain and there won’t be any leaves left on the trees. The colors have been beautiful this year, but for far too short a...

Last Sunday, when I could, (my usual Sunday morning ritual) I listened to The Sunday Edition, with Michael Enright. At one point he...

Joanne, Aaron and I went to Crystal Crescent Beach (in Sambro) last Saturday afternoon. It was a windy and sunny day. We wandered around...

IMG_0180, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Yesterday was one of those typical Nova Scotia days: overcast, changeable, maybe some sun,...

IMG_0787, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today Lila and I went to beautiful McCoo’s Island with Gwen and Kiku. You can walk to the...

Fishing season is on. Cars are parked on the road by my driveway and I come across men casting lines into the brook. Ellen, Lila and I...