Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Coronation

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Promptshttps://weeklyprompts.com/2023/05/10/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-the-coronation/

Did I watch the Coronation last Saturday? I did not. Had I been home I might have tuned in but it happened to fall on the same day as my art opening. I do like the pomp and circumstance, the colours and formal attire but I’m not sure that the monarchy has a place in society anymore. I appreciate the history of the monarchy and even paid Buckingham Palace a visit the first time we travelled to London in 2018. Then again I have visited many castles and palaces in countries where monarchies no longer exist.

The Queen was and now King Charles is the head of state in Canada. It is purely a symbolic title and holds no power. I’m not sure that King Charles will be as popular a monarch as his mother was. Once the shine of his coronation dims, I’m sure the debates about the legitimacy of the monarchy will continue. It would be nice if King Charles could continue his work with global warming and the impact on the environment but I fear that this has become too political and his hands will be tied. Maybe this might have been as area where his monarchy could have make a difference in the world.

For now let the monarchists and supporters of the Royal Family have their day. Who knows, this may be the last Coronation they ever experience.

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Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Enliven

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting weekly promptshttps://weeklyprompts.com/2023/04/29/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-enliven/

I feel enlivened with all the new growth after winter and even with the rain because I know that with it comes more growth and lush greens and colours. Walking also enlivens me, rain or shine.

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Belonging

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/02/01/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-belonging/

Before COVID I belonged to a group of bakers. Every week, twice a week, we got together to make dough and bake bread in the wood burning oven at Montgomery’s Inn, one of Toronto’s Historical Museums. When COVID hit in March 2020 all volunteer jobs were eliminated and bread baking ceased to exist for almost three years. I loved belonging to this group of men and women who came together every week and I look forward to the day that we can once again get together to make bread.

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I also belong to an organization of mostly women artists but also some men and that too has reduced it’s in person activities considerably since COVID hit. I love belonging to such a creative group that shares knowledge and ideas so freely and openly. It’s given me the confidence to pursue my art journey and I even hosted my first solo art show in 2022.

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I also belong to a lawn bowling club and this past year we’ve been able to get together in person to play ‘normal’ games where we can have three people per side and use all the lanes at the same time. We were also able to celebrate Canada Day and we had a year end dinner. A great group of people that I’m happy to call friends.

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The most precious of groups that I belong to is that of my family and friends. COVID has been difficult but thanks to ZOOM and WhatsApp, I’ve been able to stay connected. In the past year we’ve been able to travel again to visit family overseas and on the east coast and we’ve even gotten together for celebrations to acknowledge milestone birthdays.