SENSE AND NONSENSE

  • Bruces Writers Group

    Skip to Content Open Menu Gachet Writer’s Group Fridays, 10:00am to Noonat Carnegie Community Centre, 3rd Floor, Classroom II, during Gachet’s renovation The Gachet Writers Group is a democratically run inclusive writers group that provides space to share stories, receive feedback from peers, take part in writing exercises, and hold discussions. Each session includes time for…

  • Nomination For Courage To Come Back Award

    Well, I am going to nominate Bruce for a Courage To Come Back Award. I think he needs to have some kind of award for what he has been through. Here is his story which I hope will sway the panel. Or at least clear his name for some who mistakenly believe he was to…

  • Haikus Fall & Winter 2024

    Half the cookie isHalf the calories – unlessYou eat the other half too The language of agingLearned in small steps as a childThis time it’s backwards I watched the green grassGrow before it was mowed Down to the marrow When doctors and nursesLet us into their sanctuaryWe are humbled When your car breaks downDo you…

  • What are you curious about? What am I curious about? Right at the moment I am wondering which store in the town of Vanderhoof, BC  Canada carries TruEarth Laundry Detergent Strips? The store I originally shopped for them has now closed. I do not want to go back to lugging jugs of water, laden with…

  • The  Real Me

    Although I am ancient (86) I still have some life left in me. My husband describes me as beautiful (he’s 88). His brain works better than mine, although I can out-run (out-walk) him. On a good day. My short term memory is such, that if I turn on a burner in my kitchen stove, I…

  • Video : My Mother Found A Quarter

  • My Mother Found A Quarter

  • FAITH

    FAITH Have faith that things can get better even if you can’t see it now. This is Faith by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum To walk where there is no pathTo breathe where there is no airTo see where there is no light –This is Faith.To cry out in the silence,The silence of the night,And hearing…

  • Daily Haikus

    Pale skies are bluer nowShades of spring setting inBut where is the green You and me at CostcoCosto card saves moneyWe buy twice as much. Broaden our horizonsBook flights, a car, room, toursToo tired to travel. “If I get through March…”My brother was born in MarchAnd he died in March. A purple bug’s outsideIt has…

  • Haikus: spring & summer 2024

    “If I get through March…”My brother was born in MarchAnd he died in March. Winds of March blow cold Weatherman’s predicting snow Bring on April. .’Twas a “springy” kind of daySnow level down to the stubbleAnd a yellow fox stopped by Snowflakes coming down Cat looks out the window Be fun to catch them. A…