My entire family was travelling in two cars on 416 South out of Ottawa on Saturday on our way back to New York. It was a few minutes before 12 PM when we passed a red truck carrying a queen matress, box spring, and headboard in its bed. As we passed the truck it was [...]
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Tonight I am grateful…
I don't have the energy to say much today. Some days just kick your butt. This was one of those days for me. The day went from bad to worse and then back to better, but now I am about as tired as a person can be. Hence, The New Forty will be uncharacteristically short [...]
The road taken…
Today is our last full day at the cottage. As is so typically the case with vacations, the days seem to fly by. Hence, this is our last trip to Tim Hortons – the coffee shop we have visited for our daily hour long sabbaticals. I will miss my daily iced caramel cappuccino and the [...]
Nature and nurture…
If you were to ask me if I camp, I would issue my standard reply – “I enjoy nature, but for me it is a day trip.” I need the modern conveniences in life – a cozy bed, a warm shower, morning coffee, electricity, and some semblance of protection from the wild things. And yet, [...]
Raccoon – 1; Mike – 0.
Mike missed the spider episode and was thereby allowed to maintain some dignity, but that fell to the wayside when he had a close encounter of his own. The only close encounters the females at the cottage have suffered with thus far are mosquito encounters. These encounters, while an annoyance, are hardly worth discussing further [...]
Murder House…
When folks say they are “off-the-grid” I assume they are out of the reach of mankind via technology. I am with my whole clan at a remote lake cottage in Canada (just outside Wakefield, Quebec) and while we are not officially “off-the-grid” we are hanging precipitously by our fingernails. We have no cell service. That [...]
I pray because that is all I have to give.
A dear friend of mine's son is critically ill. Her son, a grown man with a family of his own, has been fighting a difficult battle. He has fought this battle with humor, grace, and dignity despite the way it has torpedoed the life he knew. His parents, spouse, children, siblings, and extended family have [...]
THE NEW FORTY 