Comments and Digital Montages

 Taking a Blogging and Podcasting course at G.A.L.E. with Richard Mansfield.   I've done both for years but there is always something new to learn. It's free with my Library Card from the Toronto Public Library. Myself, the persistent Blogger Since then I have taken a G.A.L.E. Course on Editing and, later this month, I'll be starting a Course on submitting articles to magazines.  My Udemy WordPress Course has been useful and continues. I'm watching LinkedIn videos on HTML and WordPress, also through my e-learning via my library card.

 Still doing Zoom Meetings.  I facilitate 2 on Wednesdays for Sunshine Centre for Seniors here in Toronto. The website is  https://eldertalk.ca/ Free Zoom Reading Club for Seniors, 55 years of age and older in Ontario. Listen with us to classic public domain short stories, then discuss. Wednesday Zoom Meetings last one hour, from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm Contact us  for information The Sunshine Short Story Club is a peer-led gathering of friendly 55+ seniors. We meet Wednesdays from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Zoom to listen to and discuss public-domain and free-to-read stories, ranging from classic tales to modern science fiction. See our current and upcoming stories on our website.

 Starting to crop my Click and Grow lettuce and basil daily. The tiny tomato plant has a blossom but until and 2nd blossom show up I cannot be the bee and pollinate. My Aerogarden has just started a little garden of varied lettuces and salad plants. Going to be a green Summer :-)

My Click and Grow hydroponic unit is not yet ready for prime time, so here's a picture of my cat, Tubby.  He is a very smart boy.  

  My Petunias, on the other hand, have been flourishing for over a year and I bought those seeds from a local Canadian seed company.  I do have to trim them regularly to prevent overgrowth.

 Now have 3 hydroponic units - 2 Aerogardens and a large Click and Grow. Pictures later. Things I have learned: 1. You can't put just any seed in there.  Planted a grape-type tomato plant lately.  It's acting like Jack's Beanstalk.  The skies the limit.  Going to have to try and transplant it outdoors. I suspect the seeds and plants chosen by the companies that sold me the units might be best. I wish regular (Canadian) seed companies like Stokes and Veseys carried seeds suitable for growing in small indoor hobby units like mine. Rampant Tomato in Aerogarden

I changed the name of my Meetup from North York Seniors Discussion Group to Small Talk . I have learned several things over the couple of months that I've been doing this. 1. Don't make your group name too specific since this will limit your audience. 2. It's like fishing.  Sometimes the fish bite and sometimes they don't.      Just take it as it comes, eventually, the fish will start biting again. 3. Learn to listen! Here's the link to my online chat group https://www.meetup.com/discussion-meetup-group/