Memoirs of the rich and famous populate the bookstore shelves and our curiosity ensures we pick them up, enabling us to get a glimpse into their lives.(Well, the part they are willing to expose, anyway!) Some change our persepctive of that person, while others...
This Sunday is Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday) in Canada as well as other parts of the world. However, it is not recognized globally on the same day. For example Mother's Day was celebrated on 30th March in England. When I investigated the reasons behind having a...
Vocation - definition : a particular occupation, business, or profession : calling Have you remained on the path you envisaged as a youth? Do you still walk the planned route you wanted for your life or did life take you down new and unexpected roads? When we are...
Sacrosanct - definition: highly sacred or holy I was taken back to my early childhood by this word. My first school was actually within a convent and we were taught by nuns. Even all these years later, I can conjure up the feel and smell of the nun's habit. When they...
Today's word - Vanguard, which is defined as the leading or forward position in a movement, actually reminded me of a vehicle my parents owned when I was quite young. That car was a Vanguard, and popular in England in the 1950's. Look at the two tone paintwork and...
Tizzy - definition: a very excited and mixed-up state of mind. I can hear my grandmother saying this to me from a very young age. It brings back memories so sharply of visits to my grandparents bungalow in England. The rooms had a mothball scent as did my grandparents...
Latifundium - definition : a large country estate. Today's word had me remembering weekends galore that I spent in England, visiting numerous historical sites and magnificent estates. My friend Deb and I would spend our days off (we were nursing at the time)...