Week 16 – Optimizing Yourself – Discard An Item A Day To Create BIG Space

This week, I am going to get rid of at least one item a day that is not useful, beautiful, or joyful, as Paulo Coelho says, in order to “open space in my heart for all the blessings” that this week will bring. What a positive feeling to open space in my heart for blessings… Continue reading Week 16 – Optimizing Yourself – Discard An Item A Day To Create BIG Space

Battle of The Spoons – Happy St. Paddy’s Day Newfoundland!

I imagine spoon playing is becoming a lost art, but apparently it is alive and well in Newfoundland! My Irish Mom played the spoons for us. The Irish are great improvisers. When my mom’s family and friends would go to the cottage in Donegal, Ireland, they would make their own band. They used washboards and… Continue reading Battle of The Spoons – Happy St. Paddy’s Day Newfoundland!

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

Niagara Falls on both the Canadian and American sides will be flooded in green lights for Tourism Irelands’ “Saint Patrick’s Day Global Greening Campaign” this year. It is a way to say, ‘One Hundred Thousand Welcomes’, or C’ead Mile Failte, to all the Irish who have emigrated to Canada and the United States over the… Continue reading Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

A brief history of Halloween Celebrations

On Halloween, I see more of the supermarket than the supernatural.  With my cart full of pumpkins, candy, decorations, and costumes for my kids – and of course my dog Rocko, I contributed to the scary amount of over $8 billion dollars that was spent on Halloween in North America last year. Halloween was once… Continue reading A brief history of Halloween Celebrations