Actually, the full quote from Charles Dickens goes as follows: “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.” I could not have said it better myself, but adding a...
Lime green, not unlike Tangerine Orange, is my happy colour! When I saw this vibrant assortment of iconic Fiesta-ware at The Beaumont Antique Mill in picturesque Glen Williams Saturday, my day was made. Let me start at the beginning… The day dawned bright and...
This is perhaps one of my most favourite quotes from a brilliant re-telling of C.S. Lewis’ later life as a teacher at Oxford, the kleenex-required movie Shadowlands. In the movie Lewis shares the quote above with a serious young university student who...
Who would not love Toronto on such a fine spring day? I just got back from a glorious walk along the Toronto Beaches Boardwalk with my dear “publishing gals”, a tasty brunch in a local Beaches coffee shop whose owners know my coffee preferences and say hi...
Don’t you just love it when things come together? I have been thinking about convergence all weekend. It started with my drive home to my folk’s place in Forest. I try to take the back roads as often as possible – it is why the Jeep was invented! On...
As many of you know, I spent part of last week in hectic, frenetic, exciting New York City. I was fortunate to attend a conference called Tools of Change, a publishing industry gathering of the brightest and best intent on learning how to not only survive but...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.