Do you know that International Friendship Day is August 6th? This is a wonderful time to reflect on the important role that friendship plays in our lives. We need our friends just as much as they need us. When I thank one of my dear friends for anything, and I voice how special her friendship is to me, she always says: “It’s a mutual fan club.” We both appreciate each other. ...
[caption id=“attachment_2261” align=“aligncenter” width=“584”] The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web. ~Pablo Picasso[/caption] ...
“The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.” ~ Thomas Sydenham The above photo is of my friend, Inge, who is eighty-six years young and a graduate of Ryerson’s Caring Clown Program. The photo is not mine but was one that Ryerson used on their 2013 Brochure for the Program. For several years Inge’s been telling me about her clowning and especially about her visits with other caring clowns to Nursing Homes. We talked many times about me seeing her all dressed up and taking her picture. It just never happened though. ...
Breakfast Buffet Rainbow Realm Enjoyable Edibles Amazing Abundance Kitchen Kinship Falls Force Ample Aesthetics Sumptuous Sustenance Transpired Today Breakfasts at home are usually cereal with fruit and some kind of bread and protein. Today’s breakfast was an elaborate choice of food - everything from the usual bread, eggs, muffins, bagels, and the like to congee, seafood omelettes, potato pancakes, and Tomato Provencal. That’s just naming a few. ...
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There are varying theories about whether cats really love their human caregivers or are merely attached to them as providers of food, water, love, affection, treats, and the like. As someone who never had a pet and acquired one later in life, I feel that cats who receive loving care get to be very attached to their owners and their owners to them. However, just as with human love, the word “love” gets tossed around in ways that are merely conceptual as it relates to cats. ...
All the images in this collage are of my own Calico cat. Her name is Cali. She likes to be the queen here at home. Other cat owners have told me the same about their own cats. They have that superior attitude about themselves and want things their own way. I crowned her and she looks adorable and regal in these pictures. Hope you enjoy the collage and the poem. Cali is a good companion and friend to me**.** ...