Festival of Authors

Please come and say hi to me at the Toronto Festival of Authors.  I shall be there from 11:00 to 5:00 pm, tomorrow Jun 28 and during the same time Sunday Jun 29.  Location will be at a tent at 73 Queens Park, Victoria College at the University of Toronto.  I shall be signing and selling my books including Ominous.   I will be with the Crime Writers of Canada.  I shall report Monday on how it all went.  We have Canada Day approaching as well so the celebrations have not stopped.  Today I attended a strawberry lunch festival celebration and the strawberry short cake was amazing.  My table also won a prize for answering a strawberry list of questions where we were narrowed down to three tables.  It was a team effort with lots of brainstorming so winning was fun.  Monday there is a bbq and Tuesday - well - Oh Canada.  If you are visiting from anywhere please come and say hello.  If you tell me that you have read my blog, you can get a copy of Hey Guy Buy Me for a tooney.  Bye bye for now.

It is a scorcher!!!!!!

Oh boy, is it hot, here.  Some people from Texas said they found it very comfortable here.  Me?  Not so much.  It's the hotest in 10 years.  What a start, first we have the biggest pollution in the world for a day when smoke from the fires out West came to town.  When I entered the house, I felt like I was getting oxygen.  Breathing and smelling smoke was odd.  Now we have had a few days of heat waves and some pools closed because the life guards were too hot.  Enough complaining.  Now the positive.  Went to another festival last weekend but I didn't stay too long because I need to be able to breath.  I took pictures of the food trucks, not my cup of tea but it was great for kids who got free rides.  Next weekend I am supposed to be selling my books at the writer's festival so please come and see me at Victoria College at the University of Toronto.  I will provide you with the address again further into the week.  I still did not sell my house though people were saying they were interested.  Is my town refusing to let me go?  I am missing my big tv and the small one I have been watching is becoming easier to watch.  Due to global warming but they call climate change not to scare people I have decided to buy a fountain for birds at my next house.  My eye is once again on a house closer to the falls than any other I saw and it is so cute.  But, I have learned my lesson.  I will not go and look at it or any other until I sell my house right here in Toronto.  With one of five people I understand using the food bank, it is no wonder people are having problems with buying a house.  But, it is the biggest city in Canada and people want to come here, so come please.........so I can go.  It is time for a new chapter.  I am too busy here, so many festivals and things to do.  I just want to slow down walk along the falls and have high tea with a not so croweded theatre or show or festival........Yup........slowing down......with a cute barbie house.  Bye, bye for now. 

Italian Festival Sunday and Big Garage Street Sale Saturday

 First I want to tell you about the garage sale.  I only bought one small decorative mug (designer) of a beautiful koala mom and baby.  But, I bought a lot of my favourite authors' books.  It was difficult finding books I hadn't read but it all goes to a good charity - the Historical Museum - so I came back and bought more.

Sunday,  after mass consisted of being at the Italian Festival.  I had a small dish of home made gnocchi which was authentic enough and can be found at any legitimate Italian restaurant in Toronto, but the sauce failed the grade, probably from not cooking it enough.  I had to wait about two hours for it and was informed it was worth the wait and I would get a free espresso.  It was not worth the wait and I did not get any espresso ( because they didn't even sell it).  It certainly wasn't worth the 16 or 17 dollars I spent but it did have a line up without any Italians in it.  I won't name the place but they are not from Toronto.  I don't like to give bad reviews but I certainly won't name it for compliments.  The band stand was fun and everyday Italian men and women sang and dance with gusto.  There was also a pasta eating contest where those who didn't finish eating their bowl could take it home.  Even though I had lots of fun and met many interesting people, there were simply too many people and I actually got dizzy from sensory overload from my final resting place to my car.  Complaint I heard was that it was too multicultural and they want "Italian" only.  All in all, I did have a good time but due to the growing enormous crowd throughout the day, I am going to have to pass in future.   However, it is worth going if you are from out of town or a tourist.  The garden umbrella and tree is my home which is still for sale people and my coffee break and lunch break relaxation spot.  I also like watching movies there and attending seminars in the summer.  That's all folks!!!!

Dr Nick Carleton - notes

 I cut and pasted Dr Carleton's research interest:

Research Interests

• Anxiety Disorders
• First Responders and Other Public Safety Personnel
• Potentially Psychologically Traumatic Events
• Traumatic Stress
• Fundamental Cognitions
• Psychometrics and Statistics
• Transdiagnostics

    A while ago I provided you with notes from this psychologist.  Hold and behold I found some references for you to look up especially if you are with emergency services but in general this is interesting for everyone.  There is also a link for sleep deprivation which I find is a common complaint.

www.pspmentalhealth.ca

sleep 101 toolkit

- self monitoring

www.rcmpstudy.ca

www.saskptsis study.ca

Montgomery's Inn - you can find this in the Toronto History Museums.

 

Montgomery’s Inn

An historic inn that is just as lively now as it was in the 1830s.

Built in the 1830s to shelter travellers, Montgomery’s Inn brought people together from the surrounding area and beyond over food, drink, games, and more. More than 190 years later, it’s still doing just that. This lively museum gives visitors the opportunity to see how a 19th-century Canadian inn was run from ballroom to bedrooms.

Hear the diverse stories of people who traversed the grounds from Chinese market gardeners to an employee who escaped his enslavement in the United States through the Underground Railroad.

Discover a rich history and enjoy family activities, camps, storytelling, music and more. Weekly farmers’ markets bring neighbours together over freshly-baked bread and seasonal fruits and vegetables; while hearth cooking demonstrations and community art exhibits offer a wider range of experiences that look at the past, present and future of the neighbourhood.

Montgomery’s Inn gathered communities around food, drink, news and laughter. Keep that spirit alive today: there’s always something happening at the Inn.

Hi,  again.  It's me.  I tried to cut and paste this because this is the location of where we met to  get the buses to see the murals.  It doesn't mention, that it is haunted.  You should visit, it is part of our history.  Til next week.

Doors Open Toronto was rainy but wonderful as usual

 Summer in Toronto can be fun.  There's always lots to do.  This weekend there is a huge garage sale in the Weston area North of Lawrence which is held once a year and consists of blocks and I mean blocks of the residents selling their wares.  I of course look for books but in the past I have found lovely and unique items which was just too tempting and yes I have more than I need.  I then needed my own garage sales, for a while and since my home is now staged I shall focus only on my books.  Don't forget at the end of the month I shall be at Queens Park selling and signing my own with the Crime Writers of Canada.  Also this weekend of interest to me is the Italian Festival on College Street between Bathurst and Shaw.  They are asking that we take the TTC (nope).  I like taking my car.  Perhaps we should only have golf carts in Toronto to limit congestion.  We could put a heater inside for the winters and better tires.  There is also going to be a car show at Yorkville.  What I have posted here is photos I promised of Open Doors (I think I promised).  Open Doors is also once a year where doors to buildings not normally free, open up and in you can go.  You will notice the Buddhist Temple which I didn't go into because there was no place to park and it began to pour rain.  Notice the steps - no elevator.  What I enjoyed was going for my bus tour of Islington avenue to look at the murals, that side of the city has in making their area nice.  I like the way they take care of their space and no ugly gang member graffiti -  Lovely.  The rest of the city should look like this.  I also went to see a new development proposal North of Dufferin, near the old Base.  They had free coffee and desserts.  Of course I had some.  It was a fun day.  Have a good weekend World.  Take time for some fun and  down time.  Sorry for the repeated photo.  I couldn't delete it without having to write this all over again.  My bad.  

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