The many paths of Happiness

I can hardly believe it myself … I actually BOUGHT a Nokia CELL PHONE! Wow, this in incredibly techie and modern for someone who has never owned and rarely has used a cellular telephone. But indeed, with the incredibly cheap pay-as-you-go cell rates + the incentive of receiving FREE phone calls, whether locally or Internationally,…

According to PBS, the average American lifespan is 78 years. If you can spare 13 minutes, this fascinating video aired on PBS’s Nova a few weeks ago and it’s well worth watching! Hmmmm, if I had the choice, would I really want to live to be 100?

hmmm, the joys of moving, packing up ones life and challenging the threshold of familiarity. An interesting fork in the road abounds at every new house-sitting opportunity, and this is no different than the others! Slade and I will spend 7 weeks in the small Mennonite village of Hawkesville, just 25 minutes from the city….

Egads!!! It’s snow! The size of falling flying saucers … They’re huGE!! Billowy and tangibly white. It’s official, sigh … Winter is here, or at least in the hair :). I left poor Tsumi to wander lustlessly on the porch for her daily dose of fresh country air. It was quite adorable, watching her sniff…

“We are all dancers. We use movement to express ourselves – our hungers, pains, angers, joys, confusions, fears – long before we use words, and we understand the meanings of movements long before we understand those of words.” ~~ Franklin Stevens