Saturday, December 21, 2013

Eats, shoots and leaves

As this blog has evolved to include guest posts by Val, I have come to realize that it's time to rename it. 

Panda: Eats, shoots and leaves
OR
Panda: Eats shoots and leaves
I teach the students in my classroom that punctuation has a huge impact on the meaning of one's writing - and it does. Hence the reference to Lynne Truss's book (on grammar and punctuation) in this post's title. [Click here to learn more: A panda goes into a bar...]

My original title for the blog, The Partner's Column, reflected my original belief that the content would be, largely, about me - that the blog would provide a place for me to share my own experience of this 'journey with cancer'. As it turns out, however, my own experience is not divorced from Val's experience. (Of course.) Yes, we each have our own particular path to follow, but we are inextricably in this together; that's the point.

So, I have renamed the blog - you may have noticed this already if you have eagle proofing eyes and actually 'see' the blog's name when you read a new post. Moving the apostrophe over by one space more accurately reflects the content posted to this site: The Partners' Column.

We will continue to post our thoughts and photos to the blog; it's helpful and enjoyable for us. We think (hope) it is for you, too.

xo

1 comment:

klerougetel@sympatico.ca said...

Can't move much since have just returned from Xmas dinner at friends' house--including home made chocolate cake AND mince tart with whipped cream. Meant to contribute to silly info about changing info on drivers' licences from Val's last blog (no longer "guest" as per punctuation): we were horsing around at work a few years ago, competing for who had the worst photo on their drivers' licence and someone went "WOW" when they saw mine: "It says here you're male, Katy." That was the category with the tick. Off I went to the licence bureau to have it corrected. The woman at the counter took my word about the fact that I'm female, which was nice, but did ask, "Is this an administrative error or a sex change operation, ma'am?" They have DIFFERENT CODES for the correction, depending on the reason. I just can't decide what to say about this, the endless possibilities leave me speechless. Be prepared for YOUR question, Val.