Many years ago when I moved in with a boyfriend, we threw a housewarming party. We had a large Indian daybed as our couch and asked everyone to bring us pillows. I still use many of the lovely, brightly coloured pillows and covers to this day. But there are a […] Read More
I have a solid collection of picture frames. I used to have more family photos scattered around my apartment. But it started to look cluttered in my small space. So I only have a few choice ones now. Also, I rarely print my photos now that I have gone fully […] Read More
While going through my pen drawer, I also checked out my paper clip collection. A lifetime collection including various sizes of bulldog clips. Talk about attachments.
Alongside my pen collection, lives my pencil collection. Most are quite ordinary, some are stubs. There are a few clever pencils disguised as pens and one carved from a large twig. Some have never been taken out of the box. There is no need to buy more in this lifetime. […] Read More
I have a drawer full of pens in all colours and styles. Markers, highlighters, black, blue, holiday glitter. Enough red pens to last a lifetime. More pens and markers are scattered throughout my place, in little cups, in purses, on my desk. Some of them have stories, acquired at a […] Read More
The headbands weren’t the only hair accessory I came across while rooting around in my bathroom cupboard. I found elastics, barrettes, bobby pins, combs, scrunchies, and various other bobbles. Some of the elastics were beyond repair. This is the remaining smallish collection. Now, well organized in one place, awaiting the […] Read More
I love to swim. Winter and summer. My preference is swimming outside. Fortunately, I have a gorgeous outdoor pool by the seaside to swim in during the summer. I have goggles for outside (tinted lens) and goggles for indoors (untinted) and plenty of spares. Some of them are leaky now […] Read More
I had my very first tarot card reading when I was living in Quebec in my twenties. I remember being nervous. I recall the woman was descended from Gypsies. It wasn’t til years later I got into divination cards in a big way. I took a tarot card reading course […] Read More
I learned over the years, that playing board games was one of the ways to avoid confrontation with my family members. So at Christmas time and other extended holidays when hidden landmines were bound to be stepped on, I always pulled out a game from the stack we had collected: […] Read More