I officially gave up trying to learn French at the end of last week. My new goal is to learn Canadian. I have been listening intently to speech patterns and polishing up my “eh” usage. I think I am improving dramatically with each passing day. But yesterday the group of French telecommunication workers that stayed [...]
Tag: Quebec
Contemplating Oprah-cide…
We are on day ten of Oprah and Gayle’s big adventure. As you will recall, my son Noah is the diva-esque Oprah in this adventure while I am the lovely, pleasant, joy-exuding Gayle. Nine days with Oprah has been challenging at times and downright maddening at others. Oprah has been dancing merrily on my last [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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