Marlene's Space

My daughter recently sent me this CNN article about how some poor, unsupported elderly women in Japan deal with their poverty and loneliness...

I really appreciate my indoor flowers at this time of the year. One new one is the Christmas cactus, which has never bloomed for me. I was a...

A few weeks ago, the priest at our neighborhood Anglican Church sent out an email about a one-day Ottawa-wide church conference called You A...

January has been busy for me this year - in part because I averaged one medical - or dental - appointment a week. For years I tried to not h...

I have a habit of starting projects - at some point pausing, then leavng them - sometimes for long periods of time. Often I encounter a diff...

Cats or dogs?! Rabbits or squirrels?! Many people consider themselves "cat people" or "dog people." I remember one women...

They say: Don't judge a book by its cover... But I sometimes buy books because of their covers - often because I find the title and/or i...