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I spent the morning in a massive complex of greenhouses, filled with blossoming African Violets. The humid air and bright atmosphere loosened my hips and relaxed my walk. Tannis, my plant science technician by day, musician by night friend, escorted me...
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Stephen Fearing is one of Canada's finest singer songwriters and one of the boys in the band Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. He is also a Breast of Canada calendar owner. I ran into him and his wife Chris this morning at the Guelph Farmer's Market. Apparently,...
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I mentor a young woman named Stephanie. She has been very busy filling out forms and preparing business plans for some start-up funds she is hoping to secure so that she can build her new business and eat at the same time. Not always easy to accomplish....
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I am busy writing a yoga gear website that should be live sometime in early spring. I will keep you poste. I study yoga and have for about 15 years in a loose sort of fashion so the writing gig is a natural fit for me. Currently, my two yoga instructors...
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After posting yesterday's blog , I decided to send news of the festive Dead Bra Day frolic in Nova Scotia to the media. But not just any old media. I wanted media with a well cured sense of humour. Someone who gets 'funny', in its more whimsical, at 'no...
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I just never know when folks will take me up on my suggestions. So imagine my delight when an email arrived yesterday, featuring the results of a Dead Bra Day Celebration in Canada's bonny east coast province of Nova Scotia. Apparently ten gals gathered,...
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Today is the contrived, consumer driven day designated so that you can prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that your love for your significant other is deeper, truer and more enduring than all other loves. Good luck with that. I'm trying something different....
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Please sing along. Happy Dead Bra Day to you. Happy Dead Bra Day to you. Happy Dead Bra Day dear Breast Ambassador. Happy Dead Bra Day to you. This occasion has been brought to you by the Breast of Canada Calendar. PS My other blog is called: Calendar...
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The first time I saw the word peri-menopause, I laughed. How perfect I thought. Peri is kind of like the word period with a bit missing. And meno with pause stuck on the end is like menstruation on hold. My translation is 'little bit of period, kind of...
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Yesterday, my BLOGS server took a nose dive and stayed down all day. I wrote anyway. Simply couldn't post until now. So here you go. A couple of weeks ago, our city announced their proposed 2005 Municipal Budget. They are an unfortunately short sighted...
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I subscribe to our daily newspaper, The Mercury. Yesterday's edition included a loose leaf advertisement for Bell Sympatico DSL Basic Service. The caption read, PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. Then offered the following statement. "You'll do anything to protect...
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Choosing 20 photos from 150 photo contest submissions has been much easier than in previous years. I would like to claim that the quality of submissions has evolved. But to be even more honest, my vision of what type of images I'm looking for has become...
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At first, this thought seemed totally whacked. But then something interesting happened. I let it sink in. And low and behold, I got one of those warm, knowing grins on my face that accompanies the muttering, "This is a different and easier way of looking...
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Dead Bra Day is fast approaching. February 13th in fact. What, you may ask, is a Dead Bra? Well, I’ve discovered a funny, and universal female quirk; saving limp, yellowed, ripped, spent bras for potential wear during home renovations or some other filthy...
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It is my birthday week. For about a dozen days, loosing arranged on either side of the actual date that I thrust my wee head out of my 45 year old mother's body, I engage in a type of personal celebration for myself and appreciation for my mother, Edna...
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While scouting a photo shoot location for the Breast of Canada calendar, I found myself sitting pool side in the athletic centre of the U of Goo. Besides the members of the Breast Strokes Dragon Boat Team, who are all breast cancer survivors and regulars...
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The University of Guelph presented The Vagina Monologues last night so Tannis and I attended. I've read reviews and even the book, but had somehow managed to miss the actual production. Given I spend my days working with two other taboo female body parts,...
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I don't own a television so the only way I clue into upcoming, televised momentous events is from plugged in friends or by reading a mention in the Globe and Mail. The upcoming Super Bawl caught my eye this morning. Not surprising, Janet's malfunctioning...
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I can't help but notice that when I use the words breast and photo in my blog post titles, readership spikes. Makes me wonder if I'm appealing to a large group of fine art, nude photographers. Or not. Submissions for my 2006 Breast of Canada calendar...
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My soon to be two year old friend Ewan loves his bubba. Bubba is Ewan's word for his mom Emma's breast and his favourite thing, breast feeding. Hockey ranks pretty high in his young world too. But, when push came to shove last night and as it often does...
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It is very Aruba like in Guelph today. Except for the wind. There is no wind. And according to my friend Jim, Aruba is one windy island. Something to do with being skinny. The island that is, not Jim. Jim is slim, not skinny. Year's ago I went to a cottage...
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My Breast of Canada Calendar (BoC) models are always punctual. And either very chatty or shy. I suspect that these women were acutely aware of the moment of their shoot since my first contact with them in the fall. All 7 (we lost one model due to a southern...
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We shoot the final photo for the 2006 Breast of Canada Calendar today. I have eight volunteer models driving from various points outside of Guelph and congregating at 3pm. They are all strangers to me. We were suppose to do this photo shoot last Saturday....
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My 2006 Breast of Canada Calendar photo contest ends on February 1. Photo submissions have been showing up in both my mail and email in box. It's like Christmas without all the stress. A couple of shots have stood out for me so far. One group of cowgirls...
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Moving right along on the quest for health, happiness and a full length velvet cape, I'm happy to introduce the third Art Jam Guideline. I Can. Here's the skinny. First the difference between I Can , I Can't and I Won't . When it comes to being your own...
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