Today's entry in 30 days all about me is another tough one, a song that makes me cry. Tough because my mind first went to contemporary music and then I realized I was going about this completely wrong. I gave it a little more thought and it hit me, or maybe a grand lady whispered in my ear.
Last year while I was at the funeral for the Guy's dad they played a hymn that I hadn't heard for years and I melted into a sobbing puddle, which is highly out of character for me.
It's been nearly 20 years but that grand lady can still sing in my ear and I can hear this song just the way she would have done it. There's no recording, that I know of, for you to hear what I do so I'm going to offer you a lovely lady of Canadian music, Anne Murray.
This one's for my grandma.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Everything About Me - Day 15
Number 15 on the list I mentioned in my post about Blogging More. Halfway there!
For today's entry I'm supposed to talk about my dream house. This one is a little hard because I don't have a picture in my mind of what I want. Well who am I kidding, I don't get pictures in my head, I'm not that sort of person.
I can tell you what I don't want. I don't want a big yard, in fact I don't want to have to worry about mowing at all. And while I'm at it, I don't want to shovel snow so that narrows the location down a little. I don't want a lot of stairs, a bungalow would be lovely. Nor do I want a house so big that when I'm in the tv room I can't hear the Brindle with his thieving ways in the kitchen. Now there's a catch, with the Brindle I do need a yard but I have friends in Florida who's backyard is pea gravel so I would be ok with that.
I just did a little searching and a floorplan like this would be perfect! Everything including the laundry room, all on one floor.
For today's entry I'm supposed to talk about my dream house. This one is a little hard because I don't have a picture in my mind of what I want. Well who am I kidding, I don't get pictures in my head, I'm not that sort of person.
I can tell you what I don't want. I don't want a big yard, in fact I don't want to have to worry about mowing at all. And while I'm at it, I don't want to shovel snow so that narrows the location down a little. I don't want a lot of stairs, a bungalow would be lovely. Nor do I want a house so big that when I'm in the tv room I can't hear the Brindle with his thieving ways in the kitchen. Now there's a catch, with the Brindle I do need a yard but I have friends in Florida who's backyard is pea gravel so I would be ok with that.
I just did a little searching and a floorplan like this would be perfect! Everything including the laundry room, all on one floor.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Everything About Me - Day 14
And we're back at it! Almost halfway through the list and today's topic is a non fiction book.
There were a couple of also rans today but I had to go with one that is not only a favourite but written by someone I know, Jenna Bailey. I attended her book release in Toronto, at her invitation, with my copy of the book in hand. Please forgive the picture, it was taken with my phone and I had been caught in the rain getting there.
What she wrote made me teary and still does when I look at it. She was also kind enough to have autographed a copy that I donated to Ringette Skates for a Cure ~ Ottawa as a raffle item.
The book is "Can Any Mother Help Me".
From Jenna's bio "While researching at the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex, Jenna found the papers of the Cooperative Correspondence Club (CCC). She set about finding the members of the CCC, and their families, to piece together the story of this remarkable group of women. This resulted in her bestselling book, Can Any Mother Help Me? which was released in March 2007 by Faber and Faber. "
There were a couple of also rans today but I had to go with one that is not only a favourite but written by someone I know, Jenna Bailey. I attended her book release in Toronto, at her invitation, with my copy of the book in hand. Please forgive the picture, it was taken with my phone and I had been caught in the rain getting there.
What she wrote made me teary and still does when I look at it. She was also kind enough to have autographed a copy that I donated to Ringette Skates for a Cure ~ Ottawa as a raffle item.
The book is "Can Any Mother Help Me".
From Jenna's bio "While researching at the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex, Jenna found the papers of the Cooperative Correspondence Club (CCC). She set about finding the members of the CCC, and their families, to piece together the story of this remarkable group of women. This resulted in her bestselling book, Can Any Mother Help Me? which was released in March 2007 by Faber and Faber. "
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