Last week I was interviewed by Rita Sirignano for an article on Mothers Day, which will appear in Swerve on Friday, May 11. Her original intent was to feature me, a member of Calgary Raging Grannies, in a side-bar to show that not all grandmothers fit the stereotype. However, a few days after the interview [...]
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About Grandmothers, on Mothers Day
Posted in Opinions, personal & meaningful on May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking Out Louder, by Jack Layton
Posted in movie & book reviews, Opinions, Political opinions on March 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I have just finished reading Speaking Out Louder: ideas that work for Canadians by Jack Layton. This book is a revision of his first book Speaking Out Loud, so includes updates to 2006. I learned a lot that I didn’t know about Jack previously. His untimely death made him a hero to many who didn’t [...]
The Seed Event
Posted in Healing Practices, Opinions, personal & meaningful, Political opinions, tagged Adam Dreamhealer, Anne-Marie Collette, Convention Centre, David Wolfe, Deepak Chopra, donations, Elisabeth Fayt, future trends, Gerald Celente, meditation, Sequoyah Truebllod, spiritual healing, superfoods, superherbs, uend.org, uendpoverty on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Since writing the last post about using Social Media, I have become more diligent at going to my Facebook page, plus my three writing groups on Linked-In, and occasionally my Twitter account. I prefer to just post websites and emails that I find relevant, and want to publicize. Writing a blog requires more thought and [...]
Getting Back to Writing – would I rather just read?
Posted in Book events, movie & book reviews, Opinions on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love books, particularly well-written ones. In the past two weeks I’ve been immersed in a new world: Ethiopia, Eritrea and the lives of characters in Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. This 2009 bestseller was loaned to me by a friend, who offered it after I said I like historical fiction. Verghese’s ability to create [...]
More on Motherless Daughters: Gertrude Berg & Rosie O’Donnell
Posted in movie & book reviews, Opinions, personal & meaningful, Uncategorized on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I saw a great documentary film called Yoo Hoo Mrs. Goldberg! It is the story of Gertrude Berg, who created the character Molly Goldberg for a radio series in the 1930s. Set in the Bronx, Molly Goldberg and her family and neighbours shared their lives and opinions for almost two decades. Gertrude Berg wrote, produced, directed [...]
Coffee with Friends
Posted in Opinions on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I attended a coffee party with some friends, set up to visit a mutual friend who was in town for only a few days. As I drove there I realized I hadn’t been to a “coffee party” for years. When I was an at-home mom, I met with 2-3 friends every week, at one [...]
Getting help is always good
Posted in Opinions on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thank you, Marlene Hielema (aka. imagemaven) for your help in explaining blogs. The session you held with me on Monday was superb, and now I think I have enough knowledge to proceed. For me, in my seventies, learning how to do something new on the computer is always a stretch. I recall talking to a [...]
Why do I write?
Posted in Opinions on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to my blog! This is the blog for my business, “Words By Montgomery”. My business is writing. Not a money maker, but a very satisfying activity. Writing gives me clearer thinking, gets my creative juices flowing, improves my language, teaches perseverance, expands my networks, and leads to better ideas to share with others. I think that last [...]
