Monday Moanings - May 9, 2016

T Minus 27 Hours and Counting

Sitting in my wagon at the top of this Monday in May, I'm feeling pretty energized. I'm anxious to get on with it. I'm also a little chilly - it dropped below zero last overnight and now it's all of 3°C outside. Good thing I brought the hanging baskets into the garage last night!

Ah well, I've got things to do and places to go today. Surgery is little more than a day away and I want to go for a hike in the forest, drink in the Spring (??) air and smile. It will be some weeks, perhaps months, before I'll be able to handle hiking again, so I'm going to make the most of it, winter coat and all! I want to see the trilliums.

There is also packing to be completed, some instructions to be written, vacuuming to be done and cookies to be baked. It's a big day and I'm up for it. The rest of the week? Well after 12 noon tomorrow, I'll be in and out, probably mostly out until sometime Wednesday. If all goes well, I'll be discharged from hospital on Thursday morning.

Still, don't expect to hear from me until a week from now at the very earliest. Rest assured, whenever I can get my eyes and brain to focus at the same time and for long enough to tap out a post, I will do so. In the mean time I will be under the care and watchful eyes of Sophie and the man. Both will be attentive and loving.

Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes.
I'll catch up with you all later.

©2016 April Hoeller

Monday Moanings - January 12, 2015

A kinder, gentler week...

Phew! My goodness last week was a grueling one on the the world stage! The terrorist attacks in France while grabbing hearts and headlines, also spawned much fear and rhetoric. But then something more remarkable emerged - resolve. National leaders linked arms together to march through the streets of Paris yesterday. I honestly don't care who wasn't there in the front line. I'm betting the French security forces were thankful some of the more notable absentees were not there. The fact that this occurred at all is the amazing bit.

And yet as impressive as this was, the more heartening, the more reassuring thing to my mind was the huge number of ordinary people who walked streets not only in Paris but all over the world in solidarity with the people of France. Now that really was something to help me sleep at night and wake to go about my daily life free, confident and hopeful.

















I'd like a kinder, gentler week, if that is at all possible.
No sudden descents into terror and death;
no sharp twists and turns around fear and vulnerability;
just time to breathe deeply, ponder calmly and rest.

Perhaps spend a little time in a garden...

Can we all just have a good week? Please?

©2015 April Hoeller
(all photos were taken in Paris in May 2012)

Thursday Thermals - April 25, 2013

Minus 2 and a dusting of snow out my window today - Thursday thermals indeed! - but it is a clear morning with the sun streaming through our trees and promising a pretty day. I have mixed feelings about today. I am excited about the beginning of a new adventure and also plagued by annoying pockets of doubt. Change is like that.

One of my biggest concerns is having to abandon this blog for a bit. I've only just returned to regular writing here, so it seems like a huge mistake on my part to leave my followers behind, not to mention that the break will be a huge loss to me too! I will try to post something from time to time, but truly cannot promise my usual pace of two a week. Have no fear though, regularly scheduled programming will return in a month.

In the mean time I'm off on assignment, discovering new things to write about. There will be many tales to tell in Monday Moanings and Thursday Thermals.

Take care of each other.