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

Panti did say the costumes she wears allow her to be more forthright, to say things she might not as Rory. Having always been rather shy...

At the end of the question period, after her talk, Panti was musing on how, with the changes in cultural and social structures regarding...

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 still have power, at least, so I am catching up on computer business.  Naming and labeling photos of recently photographed paintings....

IMG_3992, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I had photos taken this morning of my new work. I think this was the first time I didn’t...

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_3964, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.

I’ve tried to read James Joyce’s Ulysses several times. The last time I managed to get halfway through. But I don’t think I understood...

IMG_3939, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Last Saturday evening I went to see Jenn Grant sing with her new group, Aqua Alta, at the...

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

Sunday morning, Michael Enright, on the Sunday Edition (one of my favorite programs! favorite moderator) interviewed Petula Clark. At 82...

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

P1040736, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The chairs on my deck are disappearing. Again. The snow is piling up and blowing. We had...

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...