When Darla Dollman wrote a short post as part of The Writers’ Post Blog Hop, she raised a great question: How do you show compassion? This made me recall one of Alan Cohen’s stories (yes, yes, I do love the man!) in his book Deep Breath of Life. He talks…
Last week, we heard a woman screaming out a string of insults at the workers in the apartment opposite ours. As we listened closer, we realized it was a neighbour from upstairs, calling the workers ‘animals’ etc. Their crime? They were doing their work – breaking the plaster prior to…
Celebrations and food – they go together, don’t they? In our home they do! On New Year’s day when talking on the telephone to my mother, she asked us what we planned eat for the day. She was a little taken aback when I told her I planned to cook…