Cecilia Nasmith

The most important event in my life happened 98 years ago today - my mother was born. The single biggest influence I ever had, she gave me values I hold to this day and an example I always keep before me.💕

Attended my first drag storytime yesterday. What an amazing lady Betty Baker is (with help from her sidekick Butch), and what a positive message!

Sobering numbers at Cobourg council last night, when a Northumberland Federation of Agriculture rep shared two statistics. One, only about 5% of Ontario's land is farmable. Two, Ontario is losing 318 acres of farmland a day that, once lost, cannot be replaced

God bless Betty Crocker! My old toaster broke and I was afraid I'd have no choice but to get something digital with a 40-page handbook. My husband found a Betty Crocker toaster we could open to box to get, plug it in and use it without reading anything. The luxury!!!

Troubled by a letter to the editor in today's Star, a woman's experiences with LTC - missed meals, squalor, broken promises - to the point where she has come to accept living with hunger and despair.

So delighted to see Earth Day celebrated at our nearby school with kids going out to pick up along our road. A small but appreciated gesture, but also a reminder - they are the ones we want to leave a decent planet for

Sure enjoyed my eclipse visit from my son, but he could not afford to take the train to visit us because of VIA jacking up ticket prices. He has just survived his second renoviction in Toronto and is now paying twice the rent he paid before, so he had to hitch a ride.

Talk about eclipse profiteering - is Via Rail in on it? My son was going to take the train here to see the eclipse, but his text said they're "through the roof"

This is the day I quit Wordle. They started demanding I set up an on-line account to see my stats (I am a suspicious soul - and failed when I tried). I kept track with pencil and paper and had a streak of 99 before I failed to get today's word. You KNOW I'm not going to break 99!

Sad news - former Northumberland-Peterborough South MP Kim Rudd has just passed away from ovarian cancer at the Ed's House hospice. RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneurs award winner, Rotarian, physician-recruitment committee member and more - she served her people long and well

Listening to Nikki Haley on Meet The Press, tap dancing like Shirley Temple trying to avoid admitting she would endorse Donald Trump. Host trying like mad to pin her down, but she's too slippery. She asked Romney last week, and he actually gave an answer. She's not about to!

The new McRib tastes like the old McRib - that's the good news (what a great barbecue sauce, and the onion and pickle are just the right touch). The odd news - is it me, or are those sandwiches smaller than they used to be? I'm pretty sure the McRib patty itself is way thinner😉

Caught CNN footage 'of Trump's win, but couldn't take my eyes off Tim Scott behind him - my lord, that's a man who is totally smitten!

Way to go, Trudeau! I found gas at $1.25 a litre! Great work! (I figure if he takes the crap when prices are high, he deserves the praise when prices are down)

That does it - no more Tim Hortons grilled cheese with bacon for me. I'd been off them a while because I couldn't remember the last time they bothered to melt the cheese. Tried one today, and the cheese was actually cold! Picked out the bacon and threw the rest away😣

Saw Rick Mercer on CBC last night and am almost finished with his new book! Where is the kind of pride in Canada that this man exemplifies nowadays! He reminds me with every page of the spirit that made Canada great!💕

Finally put my Christmas stuff away. Why is it that, when you put it all back where you got it from, there's not enough room!!!