The Pedalogue

I love acting kooky sometimes. In fact, I have been characterised as crazy, eccentric, funny, quirky, wacky, weird, and wild. However, I ...

Jealousy has often been referred to as the " green-eyed monster ." I wondered where this saying originated so turned to the inter...

Last week's poem about hatred was pretty powerful, so I decided to soften things up a bit for this week. What with the tenth anniversary...

Like a volcano, hatred leaves nothing but destruction in its path. In my h umble opinion, this sometimes ferocious emotion is absolutely us...

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,...

On Sunday I reached a milestone. Not only was it the anniversary of the death of my husband, but I've now not been married longer than ...

Empathy is the ability to identify yourself with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another, which for a large part comes from the kn...

Welcome to another week of ABC Wednesday, designed and run by Denise Nesbitt, aided by her dedicated group of assistants, including moi. Th...

Continuing with my theme for this round, I wrote a poem using similes and metaphors on the subject of COURAGE . I'm dedicating it to all...

Round 9, Fifth Year, Letter B this week! I love ABC Wednesdays as it keeps my creative juices flowing. Thanks to Denise Nesbitt and the ABC...

It was a lovely Friday today (for a change) so I met a friend for a mini picnic down at Garry Point in Steveston. It was a nice couple of h...

And away we go again - Round 9 of ABC Wednesday, courtesy and brainchild of Denise Nesbitt! Last round, I focused on "destinations,...

Here we are at the end of another round of ABC Wednesday (courtesy of Denise Nesbitt) and I think I did pretty well this time. I chose ...

Three and a half years ago and as one of my life's goals, I wrote " O ne thing I thought would be awfully nice would be to meet and...

Sorry I missed last week's letter X, but my computer was in the shop. Of course, I really didn't have a destination beginning with t...

The first time I visited Winnipeg , in the prairie province of Manitoba (which, by the way, has over 110,000 lakes)was in 1972 when I travel...

I cannot believe we're almost at the end of Round 4 of ABC Wednesday. My theme this time is "Destinations," in case you haven...

We've had the wettest and coldest April and May in 50 years! It's been absolutely miserable with furnaces on full blast, rain pourin...