My daughter Sarah turned 30 on June 16th. There was a party to celebrate her birthday and I made a memory album that her guests could look at and sign. It took all I had to get that album done. First I got lost in reminiscing and then it was a matter of finding the [...]
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Move over Harlequin novel and meet real life…
What does it take to connect to someone? Is it a shared ideology, a physical attraction, a knowing glance…what is it? Can it be all or any of the above? Is it as individual as two individuals can be? Does it require shared experiences, lifestyles, goals, language? Does it have to last a lifetime, years, [...]
Poutine
How do you spell guilty pleasure? Here in Canada I spell it P-O-U-T-I-N-E. Poutine is a side dish (or meal, depending how you look at it) that is comprised of fries, brown gravy and cheese curds. If you have never had it and are just trying to visualize it I can imagine you are thinking [...]
A bright and shiny fierce girl in the making…Jessica Lynn Holly.
Today I met a special young lady - Jessica Lynn Holly. Jessica is the daughter of Davis and Laura, Noah's friends in Ottawa. I had an opportunity to get to know Jessica while we visited Davis and Laura today. Jessica is quite the social butterfly (or papillon in French as Jessica taught me). I should have known [...]
Tied by the heartstrings…
As I sit amongst the busy chatter and robust laughter in the Alpengruss Restaurant in Wakefield, Quebec this morning, my thoughts are far away with the people of North Dakota who are being impacted by the flooding. Minot's mandatory evacuation of roughly a quarter of its population is heartbreaking. I know that there is likely [...]
Representin’ New York…
A lady stopped in her car at the parking lot at the Giant Tiger store yesterday to chat with me. Noah (Oprah) postulated that it was because she wanted to see who the crazy American driver who almost hit her was. He believes my driving is at best a public nuisance and at worst a [...]
Merci beaucoup
There is a quietness in this place where we are staying in Wakefield even as it is filled with the life of those inhabit it. It operates on a time of its own making – a time that has priorities but is not controlled by the urgency of them. I like it here. I [...]
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