It’s Remembrance Day. I’ve watched the ceremonies and observed my minute of silence, offering prayers of gratitude for past sacrifices and prayers of protection for my son’s best friend currently serving in the Canadian Navy. While I sat, remembering, I pulled from my bookshelf a volume of family letters that have been painstakingly translated from […]
Words to live by
Proust #35 What is your motto? What is your motto? You, not me, what is your motto? Do you have words that you live by? Is there some saying that you repeat to yourself and to others to inspire you, or them, to live a certain way? I have one friend who’s motto is borrowed from […]
If today was your last day…
Proust #34 How would you like to die? I bet I know what just happened. You read that question and said to yourself “I’d like to die in my sleep when I’m really old and I will still have had all my marbles in the same jar.” Everyone answers this question the same way. That comment […]
Life with no regrets
Proust #33 What is your greatest regret? I’m going to be honest here, I’m going to answer this question, but I don’t want you to think for one second I wish my life had a different outcome. I don’t. You’re going to think I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but I regret all […]
Spiders and snakes and trash talk…oh my!
Proust #32 What do you most dislike? I’m not feeling clever enough this morning to write my These Are A Few Of My Least Favourite Things list in a twisted slant on the Sound of Music song. I’m only two sips of coffee in and I’m just not there yet. I do have a list of […]
Black Nana
Proust #31 What are your favourite names? I’ve been waiting for this one! Every time I had a Proust question that I knew was going to be tough, I’d think “Just wait until #31, that’ll be easy.” And now, here I am, #31 and I’ve realized that if I answer this question at face value, […]
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Proust #30 Who are your heroes in real life? A hero is someone who is admired for their courage, achievements or qualities. Way back at Proust #5 I told you about the kind of people I admire, so I kind of feel like we’ve already covered some ground here. Maybe it will help if I narrow […]
Just do it
Proust #29 Which historical figure do you most identify with? Do you know what Proust’s answer to this question was? He simply said, “I am not educated enough.” I’ve been thinking about how to respond to this question for a couple of days now. I knew it was coming and I knew it would be […]
Everybody loves a hero
Proust #28 Who is your hero of fiction? Maybe we only do this consciously when we are young, but did you ever read a book and think “I wish I was like (insert character’s name)?” I’ve thought it many times. We don’t have to restrict this to books, but by now you know how much I […]
God bless writers of books!
Proust #27 Who are your favourite writers? Bibliophile – a person who loves books. This is me. In a previous post, I mentioned how books were a refuge for me when I was young and how my love of reading started very early. The first assumptions by adults were that I had just memorized the books […]
