When my younger sister and I were kids, we’d sometimes plug our ears to try and experience what it was like to be deaf or take turns covering our eyes and stumbling around “blind.”
We never did fully appreciate either experience, of course, and even today I marvel at how brave it must be to go [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 28, 2009
Day 253: Hear no evil
February 27, 2009
Day 252: Drive, she said
I tried my best to be as courteous as possible today. That’s it. Nothing fancy schmancy or jaw-dropping this fine day.
It’s actually harder than you might think. Especially if you’re usually rushing around like your hair’s on fire, like I tend to do.
So today, I took a deep breath and made a concerted effort to [...]
February 25, 2009
Day 251: Baby, you can drive my car
A few weeks back, I left some coins in one of those kiddie rides at the mall so the next little boy or girl who came along could have a free ride.
I think I find this such a fun good deed to do because it’s not a stretch for me to think like a six-year-old!
It’s [...]
February 24, 2009
Day 250: A poem lovely as a tree
I have some sad news to report. Today, I checked up on the little cedar tree that I put back into the ground a while back, after it was blown over in a wind storm.
It’s been very windy lately so I thought I’d see how it was coping. It’s the second tree in a very [...]
February 24, 2009
Day 249: Duly noted
I love getting handwritten thank you notes. They are so personal, such a thoughtful way to express your gratitude. Then why, oh why, do I never send them?
Well, today I did. I actually sent two of them. I thought about emailing or letting my verbal “thanks” stand alone. But it didn’t seem quite enough.
One was [...]
February 22, 2009
Day 248: Voice of reason
You know that little voice you hear from time to time telling you to stand up straight or bring your umbrella or call your mom? (The voice for that last one might actually be your mom’s.)
That’s what this blog has become for me.
Today, for example, I had to sign in as a visitor at a [...]
February 21, 2009
Day 247: Shovelling shift
Shovelling snow is one of those practical household skills I am not very good at. Others include ironing — items end up more wrinkled than when I started — and bed making (even fitted sheets hate me).
It’s a very underrated talent to be able to wield a heavy shovel quickly and efficiently so as to [...]
February 21, 2009
Day 246: Good sports
It was bloody cold here today. Wind like something out of Dr. Zhivago. I went for a walk and, wasn’t planning on it, but ended up picking up litter on my way back.
The only reason the trash hadn’t blown away in the wind was because it was frozen solid into the snow banks. I happened [...]
February 20, 2009
Day 245: Sweet hearts
My good deed yesterday was a little on the heavy, serious, kind-of- depressed-the- heck-out-of-me side, so I thought I’d lighten things up today.
I dropped off my mom at her hairdressing appointment and gave her some fancy shmancy chocolates to take to her stylist as a special treat.
I was thinking this wasn’t much of a good [...]
February 18, 2009
Day 244: Birthday wish
Did you know that International PEN is the world’s oldest human rights organization?
I did not, until today.
Turns out, this worldwide association of writers was founded in London, England, in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere.
PEN originally stood for “Poets, Essayists and Novelists” (did not know that either), but now includes writers [...]
