The Space-Time Continuum
The App department in my iPad just offered to update my Space-Time Continuum. This is amazing news. I feel like I’ve been hurled Back to the Future. I am poised to be updated. And holy smokes am I ready for this update! My Space-Time Continuum has been causing me grief for years. My Flux Capacitator […]
Remembering the storyteller of my life
I would like to dedicate this post to a very special person. I would like to tell you a story about my Uncle Larry. But how do you tell a story about a storyteller and do him justice? How do you spin a tale or weave a yarn in the face of the master? To […]
Coming to terms with grief
The loss of a loved one always gives me pause – it’s like a wall has appeared in my path and I need a moment to contemplate how to deal with it. The walls vary in size and structure depending on the material they’ve been made of and who has helped me build them. I […]
Throwback Thursday – October 26, 2017
BC Parent July 1999 High Tech Horrors The mantel of my family room fireplace is littered with eight remote controls… count ‘em, eight. Lined up in order of size, I dust them once a week. Don’t ask me what they’re for, some don’t even have batteries. But there they sit in their high tech glory. […]
Window Woes
Another beautiful morning just dawned – the sun in shining through my freshly cleaned patio doors. All my elbow grease and effort is being illuminated brilliantly – every streak magnified, every missed spot revealed. I might be the worst window washer ever. Where a radiant morning like this should be celebrated I find myself disheartened. […]
Seasoned – the evolution of a marriage
A long time ago – October 21,1978 to be exact – two young people began a journey together that would stand the test of time. Today they are celebrating a 39 year old marriage – an accomplishment that has inspired a few thoughts on the journey. 39 years in and sometimes I feel like I’m […]
Throw back Thursday – October 19, 2017
BC Parent Magazine. July 1996 On The Road Again…. for the very first time Everything seems to be going in slow motion as I watch the key enter the ignition switch. Her life passes before my eyes. Sixteen years ago I was laying on the delivery table, pain bending me in half, pushing the […]
Taking a Page From Olive’s Book
I have an eleven year old Boston Terrier – that makes her seventy-seven in people years. Her name is Olive, and she is a boss. She is the queen of the dog park – she struts her stuff like she owns the place. I admire this quality in this feisty little girl. She doesn’t seem […]
A Nice Surprise
I got a lovely surprise at the aquarium last week. I was presented a certificate of nomination for a Tourism Vancouver Award. This award is generally given to someone for going above and beyond their call of duty when aiding tourists. I figured to qualify someone would have had to have administered first aide, or […]
The Birds and The Berries
It’s definitely fall. Bins of bright orange pumpkins and warty gourds are turning the vegetable market into a colorful work of art, the maple tree in our front yard is spitting spinners and the berries on our mountain ash tree are fermenting. Autumn has arrived in a glory all it’s own. Our yard is playing […]