Archive for October 2013

I was driving to an early morning appointment this morning and most of the trip was made in the fog. Some of it very dense and some of it quite light. It made me think about how easy it is to walk around the world in a mental fog. We get up, perform the chores…

It’s Thanksgiving today and I am happy to know that we have a day reserved to be thankful. In the busyness of our lives it can be easy to take the good things for granted. Historically Thanksgiving wandered through several months before settling in October. The foods we take for granted such as turkey and…

For the last 5 days I have been writing about our 5 senses and setting a challenge for exploration. Yesterday was the last day and today it’s time to review what was learned. For me the big learning was the reminder that I am not just a talking head walking around on an ignored body.…

Here we are at the end of the 5 day  5 senses challenge with touch as our last sense to be explored. Touch is an interesting one, cause if you think about it, we are constantly experiencing touch. If we are wearing clothing then our skin is in sensing those clothes. If we are sitting…

Well we are at day 4 of the challenge and today its all about taste. The explosion of sweetness as you bite into the first apple of fall; the salty crunch of bacon or popcorn, the slightly bitter taste of broccoli and the sourness of sour cherries. All those flavours make up the sense we…

I had a lot of fun with this focus – smell. Well, first thing in the day I was doing housework. Not my favourite way to start the day and it’s just on the list. So my first smells of the day were bleach and cleaning products. Can’t get too excited about that. From there…

Hi, here we are on day 2 of the 5 day challenge. Today we are considering hearing. Like sight it is something we often take for granted until something or someone reminds us of what we are hearing. My partner is hearing impaired and on a daily basis I am reminded of the gift of…