Category Archives: Rambles

Bits and pieces provoked by moving through space, history, and the calendar.

Lilacs? Capital!

Posted on 04 July 2025 by Isabel Gibson

Ask, and it will be given to you. Well, don’t ask and your odds are way worse, but that doesn’t make such a snappy line of Scripture. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through Canada | Tagged Flowers, Miscellany | 9 Comments

A Modest Proposal

Posted on 04 January 2025 by Isabel Gibson

What other 1582 innovations do we still use, unmodified? Riddle me that. Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, Through the Calendar | Tagged Miscellany | 14 Comments

Once or Twice

Posted on 01 November 2024 by Isabel Gibson

We may not be in Kansas anymore, but we could still be in Chicago. Or on Mars. Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly, Through Space, Through the Calendar | Tagged Attitudes, Science | 9 Comments

It’s a Long Weekend

Posted on 03 August 2024 by Isabel Gibson

More help with that pesky calendar. Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, Through the Calendar | Tagged Holidays | 10 Comments

Oh, Canada

Posted on 28 June 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Is Canada just a promising recreational property? Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Broadly, Through Canada | Tagged Citizenship, Community | 11 Comments

Lunar Tunes

Posted on 10 February 2024 by Isabel Gibson

Happy Lunar New Year! As I write this it started yesterday (Saturday, Feb 10), but celebrants carry on their festivities for 15 days, so we have ample time to get with it. Continue reading →