by Kathryn | Jan 25, 2011 | Health, Lennie & Kathryn
After a less than perfect Christmas which passed through New Year’s and into mid January, I was finally starting to get over the flu. There was only a couple of days left before Lennie was leaving and we filled our time with plans to return to Mexico for what...
by Kathryn | Jan 17, 2011 | Health, Lennie & Kathryn
Today marks 3 weeks that I have had the flu – the worst flu that I have ever known. It has just started to leave my body, but the lungs are still sore and weak. I ran myself down with months of stress that culminated with trying to make the perfect Christmas...
by Kathryn | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
This is just to let everyone know that I have been very, very ill since Christmas. I am slowly recovering and will give you an update in a couple of days on ‘The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t’ -things could not have got much worse if I had tried. ...
by Kathryn | Dec 20, 2010 | Health, Lennie & Kathryn
If the saying, “Home is where the heart is” is true then Lennie is coming ‘home’ tomorrow. It has been 5 weeks since I left him in Hawai’i and in less than 16 hours I will be picking him up at Toronto Airport. How will he look? After 5...
by Kathryn | Dec 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
The following is the diet that I have Lennie on. I had written it up when I left Hawai’i so that both he and his daughter Malia would have a regular routine to follow, making this diet a bit easier to follow. On getting up: 1 glass of water with fresh squeezed...
by Kathryn | Dec 2, 2010 | Art, My City
This is just a quick blog to remind everyone that the 1st weekend in December each year is when I host my annual Holiday Studio Tour – www.holidaystudiotour.com Although I could not manage to publish a new Christmas print due to Lennie’s health crisis...
by Kathryn | Nov 28, 2010 | Health, Lennie & Kathryn, Thoughts
“He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything.” – ancient Jewish Proverb While depression happens throughout the entire year, it can be more acutely felt and even triggered by the holidays. There are many ways that you can aleviate...
by Kathryn | Nov 20, 2010 | Health, Lennie & Kathryn
When I got back to my apartment not only did Chaucer and Catya greet me, but there on my desk was a stack of mail about 7 inches high. There were of course the bills that had not gotten paid on line and the donation requests that accompany this time of the year. ...
by Kathryn | Nov 19, 2010 | Health, Lennie & Kathryn
As I watched Lennie walk out of the airport I felt a pain in my heart as the tears welled in my eyes. I was finally leaving to go back to Canada and I was going without him. Last week Lennie got more blood tests. His iron count is still way too low and his CEA...
by Kathryn | Nov 9, 2010 | Lennie & Kathryn, Thoughts
Lennie and I buried Lucky this morning. Lucky was a little black, Lionhead fish that I had once rescued. Several months ago he was stuck between two rocks that he had swam between and become wedged. When I saw him there I moved one of the rocks and he floated to...