Just a thought… Where there is kindness, there is goodness and where there is goodness, there is magic. [Ella’s Mother, Cinderella (2015)] I think we can all agree that there’s just not enough magic in the world once we’re past a certain age. Even for some children, sadly, there’s little or none when they’re living
Erin’s Journals
Monday, June 22, 2026
Just a thought… May you give yourself permission to genuinely enjoy your life again, even if it doesn’t look how you thought it would. [We the Urban/tinybuddha.com] Welcome to a new week and a brand new season. Nature and time have presented us today with a big reason to celebrate (that is, if you love
Monday, June 15, 2026
Just a thought… It’s a tough life, and it’s the little things that get us through the day. [Jeffery Deaver] Welcome to a new week – the second half of June and, soon, the longest day of the year in terms of minutes of light. Another summer is already landing softly (or not-so-softly, if you’re
Monday, June 8, 2026
Just a thought…Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. [Ralph Waldo Emerson] Leaky eyes, rainy skies and sad good-byes…another trip to Ottawa over until who-knows-when. Remembering the “don’t be sad it’s over…etc.” but this is just how life is. There’ll be no pictures of Colin and Jane (although I took plenty – and videos –
Monday, June 1, 2026
Just a thought… Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour. [Walt Whitman] Typing this as I sit at the side of a neighbourhood diamond in Nepean near Ottawa…the music’s playing, the coffee in my traveller mug is cooling in the gentle noonday air, and kids are out having