Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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My mother Irene would be the first to blame good genes for her longevity. After all, her mother, Yvonne, lived to 105, and Yvonne traveled independently until she was about 102, visiting kids, grandkids and greatgrandkids all over Canada and the United States. I think Irene’s love of life and curiosity about the world may…
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Two days of driving (sitting motionless for hours) followed by a day of sitting and talking with my mom has brought me to this morning’s feeling of lethargy. What’s going on? No dancing is what’s going on. The internal dialogue goes like this: Tired me: I’m too tired and fried to dance this morning. Wiser…
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I never know where a conversation will go with my mother Irene. She can talk music. She can talk politics. She can talk literature. She can talk spirituality. She can talk travel. And, of course, history. Today, we hit a little bit on all those topics, but my favorite conversation came when I asked her…