Special Occasions Category
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 14, 2022 Leave a Comment
Hello and happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a celebration that means nearly nothing to me, but it is fun to gather up a collection of Valentine’s Day images and thoughts. Wait a minute. Before I fully commit to saying that Valentine’s Day means nothing to me, I should share a deeply meaningful memory that I literally […]
Christmas in Paradise: Pheaturing Phone Photos
Posted on December 22, 2021 1 Comment
Guess what? When it comes right down to it, wherever you go, there you are. Whatever you wind up doing, that’s what you’ve wound up doing. Whatever you are thinking right now, that’s what’s on your mind. Whatever has happened to you, it has already happened. The important question is, how are you going to […]
Buzzing Mountain Ash Trees
Posted on June 4, 2021 4 Comments
The mountain ash trees in our front yard are blooming and the blossoms fill the air with thick perfume, and every evening there’s a layer of yellow pollen on our patio table’s glass! There are so many bees pollinating the blossoms out front that the trees were humming last night. I took a few 10-second […]
Hard-Won Happiness
Posted on April 10, 2020 Leave a Comment
I was just thinking about how it doesn’t feel much like Easter. When I woke up this morning, some dry snowflakes were drifting down from the lead-grey sky, and that felt about right. It’s been a mixed time in my life. I myself, this being, am just fine. I’m healthy, occupied enough, and enjoying my […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Posted on March 17, 2020 2 Comments
Hello everyone! Here’s a St. Paddy’s Day repost. I hope it makes you smile. (I love the song by Rawlins Cross posted at the end.) Take care of yourselves and each other. – Lori Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This day always reminds me of when I taught Grade 3 at St. Patrick’s School in Grande […]
Resolve If You Want To
Posted on December 29, 2019 Leave a Comment
Hi there! Here’s my post from last New Year’s. I still don’t make resolutions for the same reason I’ve never made resolutions: I can’t stand letting myself down. That being said, I’ve been making small, beneficial changes. These decisions seemed to have been spurred on by my aging. I feel fantastic, healthy, and positive. […]
The Gift of Home
Posted on December 5, 2019 2 Comments
As I’m re-reading this post from a couple of years ago, I realize that I’ve lived here now for as long as I lived in the house I grew up in. It’s been 14 years since we moved here and nearly 15 years since I purchased Grandma’s house in Hughenden. After all these years, I’m […]
Three Unconventional Things I’m Thankful For
Posted on October 12, 2019 2 Comments
It was so funny glancing over this post I wrote last year. It’s funny because I think I’ve changed so much and I’m experiencing a whole bunch of new things. And yet, as I read this, I realized that I’m pretty much the same as I was last year when I wrote this! I’m still […]
Flowers in the Ditch, Clouds in the Sky
Posted on July 13, 2019 3 Comments
This summer I’m relaxed and happy, and there’s beauty all around. Sure, there’s some clutter in my mind and a few things weighing me down, but all in all, I’m lighter and freer than I’ve been for years. I’ll take it!
Happy Canada Day Weekend!
Posted on June 28, 2019 1 Comment
Hello everybody! I hope you have a great weekend and if you’re Canadian, enjoy our long weekend. Let’s hope for sunshiney weather and a chance to play and relax. If you ever want to calculate my age, it’s easy! I was a Centennial baby so our great nation is always 100 years older than me. […]
Lori Knutson 