Thanks for the Interruption

Last week we opened the local (G-Guild) storytelling season with a guest teller: Adwoa Badoe. Need I say more? Need I say she was inspiring? Need I say she’s gracious and intelligent and graceful and wonderful? She is, you know.
She has a very active style of storytelling, and it involves the audience. As she explained, [...]

A Great Day!

I spent the day counting money and writing receipts for Jump Rope for Heart. The kids at the school ask friends to sponsor them, then do an hour of physical activity. Last year we had $5000 by the end of the day, and with late submissions reached over $7000.
This year we got over $7000 on [...]

Christmas Stories, Part II

We made over $150 last night for Sister Christine’s Drop in Centre. My MIL says I tell much better than last year; I’m not as loud and my volume is smoother. (I still say the problem last year was the microphone; it was the first time I’d used it, and it has to be pointing [...]

Kids, No Choice but to Love Him

Last night he told me he was tired of me interfering in his life. It was the end of a long string of him wanting to slide. Not hang his coat on a hanger, preferring to leave it on the end of the bar. Not put his boots on the mat. Not put the printouts [...]

Good School

Spent Friday counting money for Jump Rope for Heart for kids’s school. A fundraiser for Heart and Stroke. 500 kids made over $5000!
On an less happy note, fewer than 1/4 of the kids returned the envelopes. Remember, folks, they don’t have the time to check that each envelope (and contents) gets returned. Sad, but true.
Still, [...]