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The Year of Magical Thinking.
This past Saturday I attended the Canadian premiere of Joan Didion’s play The Year of Magical Thinking, based on her book by the same name. Both her book and play are extraordinary. The Chicago Sun-Times has said: Unforgettable…Both perso...
Our Favorite Things Have Stories to Tell.
This past week I’ve been reminded how much our treasured possessions are a window into the stories of our life. My frail, ninety-one year old, mother has started to go through her modest collection of jewelry. She’s carefully trying to ...
The Life Story Quote of The Week.
So much happens to us all over the years. So much has happened within us and through us. We are to take time to remember what we can about it and what we dare. That’s what taking the time to enter the room (called “Remember”) ...
Musical Memories Are The Last to Fade.
According to a recent study at the University of California, listening to music can be of benefit to Alzheimer’s patients. I became aware of this several years ago when I directed a series of documentary films for the National Film Board of Can...
The Life Story Quote of The Week.
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl S. Buck – (1892-1973) American writer Preparing our personal history offers us the opportunity to look back on all our yesterdays. By doing so, we come to see more clearly ho...
The Life Story Quote of The Week.
The positive thing about writing is that you connect with yourself in the deepest way, and that’s heaven. You get a chance to know who you are, to know what you think. You begin to have a relationship with your mind. Natalie Goldberg - writer, ...
Scrabble And Family Stories.
I recently read an essay, Lessons Beyond Words by Darren Yourk on the Globe and Mail website. It’s subtitled, While thrashing me at Scrabble, Grandma did more than expand my vocabulary. She shared our family’s story. Yourk’s piece...
My 100th Post!
Today is special. It marks the completion of 100 posts. When I started this blog back in July, some eight moths ago, I didn’t know if I could come up with three posts a week and enjoy writing them at the same time. It was definitely an experi...
The Life Story Quote of The Week
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. Margaret J. Wheatley, is a writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior. I’ve mentioned before...
Ethical Wills 101: Part One ~ How to Begin
In an earlier post I wrote about the importance of ethical wills. Today, I’m beginning a series on how to write one. Writing your ethical will is about reflection. It’s about taking the time to sit back and really reflect on who you are. ...
