Tag Archives: relationships

Drop Scones

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

The fun of baking with Grandmother or her sister, the watching, stirring, smelling, tasting … Such good memories … DROP SCONES     (Triolet)                                      the recipe came from Great Aunt Bee who added things while I stirred as a four-year-old at … Continue reading →

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An Old Game

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

The game of life continues. These days we react and respond at a distance from each other so the results may be different and perhaps hard to take … AN OLD GAME bishops, knights on black and white                                    not touching … Continue reading →

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Map of the world

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

We live on a spinning globe, and sometimes it seems as if our own private world in spinning too, but out of control … though it’s never quite like that … MAP OF THE WORLD time spins on its axis … Continue reading →

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Interlaced

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

This has been a ‘people’ week, trying to reach friends by phone or email, to stay in touch, spend time with family and friends  … INTERLACED I’ve been tying shoelaces together all week in and out of the house                       on … Continue reading →

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Return

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

Remembrance Day is coming up. I’m sure anyone whose relations, whether close or distant, died in a World War has memories and questions as I do about my father… RETURN would the wind bring back the father who strides the … Continue reading →

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Friends of Mine

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

Friends are wonderful people, all of them different, all with odd quirks that I admire or find amusing. I love my friends and try to keep in touch during the year … FRIENDS OF MINE carry perfume bottles in pockets … Continue reading →

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Lost

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

It’s Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and Saint Valentine’s Day today, February 14. The latter started as a Western Christian liturgical feast day honouring an early saint named Valentinus. It’s not a public holiday but it’s a big celebration … Continue reading →

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FaceBook Frazzle

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

I don’t spend a lot of time of FaceBook though I like following what people are doing, admire the successes, and share the griefs. There are occasions, however, when it drives me nuts … FACEBOOK FRAZZLE there’s a pattern                     to … Continue reading →

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She Sang Swannee River in the Morning

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

I’ve been thinking of my mother recently (she’s the subject of my book ‘A Bedroom of Searchlights’), and remembering her eccentricities. I’m sure all of us keep our parents in memory for special things they did, or were … SHE … Continue reading →

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Anniversary

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

We’ve just celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary with close family and lots of laughter. Great fun. And now for the next 50 … A ANNIVERSARY we came hand-in-hand down the aisle no idea that we would walk into campgrounds       a … Continue reading →

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