Ron Hicks May 17, 1932 ~ December 20, 2022 (age 90) If you are reading this, then I, Mr. Ron Hicks of Baysville, (also affectionately...

Scribbly Response 2 page 14 – (“Zap! You’ve magically transported into this ancient Bristlecone Pine. You’re 5070 years old. You aren’t...

(The Man in the Chair is my father's perspective the The Woman In The Mirror.) The Man sat in his favorite armchair, staring at his wife...

This piece is dedicated to my mom who suffered with Alzheimer's ..she unknowingly gave us insight into this disease... A woman stood in...

A Scribbly challenge to choose a color from a Quo palette and write! So here it is... Daisy had always admired those sultry and demure...

...another short Scribbly response.. It’s the middle of the night – I can’t sleep but I also can’t get out of bed and deal with the...

Growing up in my house, the making of egg salad sandwiches meant death. Someone had died and egg salad sandwiches were made. What an odd...

I have returned home to be near the lake. I don my swimsuit. I grab my towel and my book and head down to the dock. Walking, swimming,...

Mother Nature is a tiny woman, small framed with delicate bones, rough weathered skin, stunning ocean-blue eyes and dark wild hair that...

I see her. The old woman. She is siting on a park bench. The same park bench everyday, surrounded by birds and squirrels. Each time I...

I joined a women’s gentle writing program called Scribbly. It has re-introduced me to writing and taking the time to write in small bits....

Mom had Alzheimer‘s. She was young when she was diagnosed. She spent almost 18 years in confusion and uncertainty. Writing her obituary...

Our family first moved to Baysville in 1972. I was 6. All I knew when we moved from Algonquin Ave near Clappison’s Corner Hamilton to...

I have a friend and mentor, Natalie Hale, who has a phrase that often comes to mind when I am teaching or speaking to clients and...

Memory. Without it, we live infinitely in the now. A perpetual ground hog day so to speak and never know the difference. Perhaps some may...

Recently, I flew to New Brunswick to surprise my husband, Gord. He was in New Brunswick with our third child, Harrison, spending time...

Winnipeg...you have some pretty awesome people living there! Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to Parents, Educators, Educational...

I just spent 4 days with a group of women. Women I have know for a very long time but never in the atmosphere that I experienced this...

Well, I started this piece on the last night of the Down Syndrome Conference in Banff and just finding the time to write out my...

Go ahead – ask me why we put a Christmas tree up on September 27th. Well, we have a “Clark”, the youngest of our 4 awesome children, who...