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

Cleveland Point Beach May, 2010, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

Lila-7-days, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today is Lila’s birthday. She is now six years old. Amazing. She hasn’t always been an...

Prospect Bay, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. My artist friend Alex Schofield asked me some interesting, thoughtful questions this...

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...

This morning’s words of wisdom came from Paul Simon as he was being interviewed on Q by guest host, Jim Brown. “I don’t write from...

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

Sunrise on Five Island Lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Another beautiful morning . . .

On Sunday no one asked me the question of the day. Until. Almost at the end of the day. Then up popped the question: Do you have an idea...

Yesterday, interestingly, all the people who came to my open studio, asked the same question.  Each group asked the same question.  Even...

It’s that time of year again, folks! I’ve been cleaning up my studio all week, getting ready for visitors. Usually when I am in my studio...

IMG_1425, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

IMG_1405, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I finally got around to the real world again. Marrying interests with livelihood. A few...

September Sunrise, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

September seems to bring the most fantastic sunrises. I must have taken at least a few hundred photos of them over the fifteen years I’ve...

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,...

Amsterdam, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I decided recently, after much back and forth in my mind, to give a few workshops on...

IMG_1203, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I still think a lot about Jack Layton dying. It still feels very sad. He was such an...

It’s very sad to hear about Jack Layton’s death this morning. His heart, his mind, his words and actions were strong. The body went. He...