Week 4 of… 5 Happy Things!

See this post for an introduction to this series, this post for the second week, and this post for the third week of 5 Happy Things! Our beautiful provincial flower Seeing (really cute) wildlife Pets being super adorable and fun Browsing yearbooks both past and present The smell of flowers (especially lilacs!)   Now ask yourself: what could you change in your…

Be an “Animal Person”

“Are you a cat or dog person?” is a question I’ve been asked so many times its become as commonplace as “how are you” and “beautiful day isn’t it?” From the answers I’ve heard, its pretty clear people prefer the pet they have, grew up with, or have been around more. Personally, I have always…

Artist of the Day: Cathy Sheeter

No, Cathy’s not a singer (not that I know of, at least). She doesn’t make music, but she does make some pretty incredible scratchboard art. Ever heard of scratchboards? I’ve only recently been introduced to them by my art teacher. Essentially, the artist uses a sharp tool to scratch away the thin top layer of black…

Video of the Day: Fastest Rapper

This YouTube rapper, who has also appeared on Ellen, may be the fastest rapper in the world. He believes he can go faster but thinks then the viewers would not be able to interpret the words. In fact, he is such a fast rapper, that he had his pet cat beside him just to show…