Category Archives: Friends

At Set of Sun

Vancouver has experienced a historical heat wave these past couple of weeks. Walking in the early evenings at sunset has been refreshing after the heat of an afternoon sun. My latest reading adventure is “A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf” by Emily Midorikawa and EmmaContinue reading “At Set of Sun”

Imagine

December 18, 2010 marked the date of the first LadyBudd post.  It was short, and simply welcomed one and all to my Photo Blog! I have over 10,000 photos – some good, some not so good and some really not so good.  I enjoy photography, especially the automatically point and snap, because it captures theContinue reading “Imagine”

Friendships with Commas

A long-time friend once said to me, “We have a friendship, with commas.” “What does that mean?” I asked. “It means that, no matter how much time has passed, we pick up our conversation where we left off. There are no “periods” in our friendship timeline.” This memory floated into my thoughts as I wasContinue reading “Friendships with Commas”

Follow in Their Footsteps

There is a time when you must let go…when memories will give strength…and tears courage.  Friendship endures. “Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod.” Aristophanes (448 – 380 BC) Greece

A Friend or My Shadow

I am always willing to point out my faults, my shortcomings and my failures. But when someone else points out my faults, my shortcomings and my failures – well, that is a different matter altogether. Friendship is about candid and open debate.  That’s what makes it exciting and moving forward…. “I don’t need a friendContinue reading “A Friend or My Shadow”