Day 340: A wheel good deed

I’ve been spotlighting everyday heroes on Sundays and today’s is one of those special people who comes through just when you need them.
I’ve never met this person nor do I know his name, but I did see him help out someone in need at a moment’s notice.
I was in the car, stopped at a red [...]

Day 339: Take me out to the ball game

I went to the baseball game last night (Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox) and I was taken aback by what I saw … off the field.
There were quite a few Red Sox fans there (in fact, our group was caught in the middle of two rival factions).
And what started out as good-natured ribbing [...]

Day 338: Taking a stand

Over the years I’ve developed subway skills so sharp I can aim and fire at a target within 3.2 seconds of the doors opening … The target being an empty seat.
To now switch gears and ignore those finely honed instincts in order to leave those seats open for others is no picnic. Imagine a lioness [...]

Day 337: Singing in the rain

Have you ever found yourself walking along outside and suddenly you hear music playing and at first you think it’s in your head but then realize it can’t be because you’ve never heard the melody before? No? Okay, just me then.
That’s what happened to me today on my lunch hour. It was pouring, teeming, bucketing [...]

Day 336: World MS Day

May is MS Awareness Month in Canada, and today is World MS Day around the globe.
Not a day for celebration, however. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system — the brain and spinal cord. And, to date, there is no cure.
It’s an unpredictable disease that affects vision, hearing, [...]

Day 335: Honeymoon salad

I spent an exhausting but amazing morning volunteering at FoodShare. (It was exhausting only because I’m so  pathetically out of shape.)
FoodShare is a non-profit agency that works with communities to improve access to affordable, healthy food. They run student nutrition programs and community gardens, among other initiatives, but their best known program is probably the [...]

Day 334: Map quest

Walking through my local park today, I came up behind two ladies in their early sixties chatting away in a language I couldn’t recognize.
One woman was short and stocky in black stretch pants, the other tall and skinny as a whippet and wearing a deep purple blouse and a crinkly peasant skirt.
The tall lady must [...]

Day 333: Bottle collecting

For my good deed today, I made a trip to The Beer Store. Wait a minute, that sounds a bit strange. Let me explain.
I wasn’t buying Guinness for my dear old Irish dad or picking up a case for the neighbours, I was dropping off empties for their Returns for Leukemia campaign.
[FYI, in Ontario, we [...]

Day 332: Sting, Sting a song

A good deed was done on my behalf on Thursday evening when my lovely brother-in-law called with an extra ticket to the One Night Live benefit. It was a star-studded concert hosted by Chris Noth (from Sex and the City), featuring the Canadian Tenors, Sheryl Crow and … Sting! STING!!
(Okay, I’ve calmed down now.) It [...]

Day 331: Strike a pose

Redemption is sweeeeet! Not referring to my soul, however, only my picture-taking instincts.
You may recall that the other day I offered to take a picture for someone I thought was a tourist, only to be rebuffed by the person (who, I suspect, was actually a real-estate agent).
Well, dear friends, you’ll be happy to hear I [...]