Another favourite of mine.
For many years, Rita Shelton Deverellwanted to produce a docudrama about a remarkable woman. But other careers got in the way.
The actor, playwright and docudrama-maker has also worked as a TV presenter and head of current affairs for Vision TV, the Canadian network she co-founded; news director (mentoring her successor) at APTN, the Aboriginal People’s TV Network; professor of journalism and women’s studies in two Canadian universities;
Her achievements earned her a place in the Order of Canada – Canada’s highest honour.
At last, Rita is writing the docudrama screenplay about Florence James. She’s writing it at her country home in the ‘Sugar Bush’, outside Toronto.
“We bought the country place 22 years ago when our son graduated from high school. Thereafter we started to rent apartments in Toronto. There have been five Toronto apartments in 22 years (plus two in Winnipeg, and one in Halifax where I…
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Cynthia Reyes 
Cynthia – the link http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/community/Centres_Institutes/IWGSJ/SpecialProjects.aspx on the original post comes up file not found for me.
Drawing energy from home base each day. I like that!
Yikes. Thanks for telling me. I’m trying to find the live link now.
Hi Cynthia,
I, too, agree with Rita, as does the commenter above, in finding and drawing my day’s energy from my home base. Home must feel good and reflect who we are. Lately, I’ve found myself to be home-cleaning – releasing things that no longer feel like who I am … it’s a snail-like process, but they’re not missed when they’re gone. An ebb and flow.
Jeanne
Interesting point. We often hang on to things that reflect who we were, long after they’ve outlived their beauty and usefulness.
I save – and have cherished – many items for sentimental value, but after awhile, I’m just used to seeing them, and they no longer have meaning to me. In conjunction with that, my desire to keep cleaning so many smaller things is definitely on the wane. 🙂
I’m with you on that! Open, uncluttered spaces appeal to me much more these days.