A Thank you note
I love bubbles and baby ducks. I cry at the appropriate moments in Disney movies. I clap at parades and sing Oh Canada with the enthusiasm of most off key singers (too loud – way too loud). I get the most out of an ice cream cone and I always eat the red ones last […]
A post about a post — a post post
I had a lot of fun re-typing that old essay into my last blog post. It was like a visit with a friend you haven't seen for a very long time. I can remember working on that piece for days before I shipped it off to the contest. I put a shine on that baby [...]
Memories of a virgin prairie
I love road trips, even short ones. I love the close quarters of the car and the lack of electronic distraction. Even the drive between my daughter’s house and mine is long enough to get into the groove of a road trip. We take a country road which runs between our house and hers – […]
Smile and the world smiles with you….
I like to keep my smiles at the ready – a girl never knows when she might need one. Like a pocket full of Kleenex at a sentimental movie, my smiles come in very handy. I believe the world is nicer to a person who wears a smile. I also believe a person with a […]
A somber look at 64
I’m celebrating a birthday soon. Sixty-four isn’t really remarkable – nobody trips on it, it’s hardly a bump in the road that we are all traveling. To most, 64 is not a milestone. To me, it’s a mountain. My mother was sixty four when she died. She left her husband, her kids, and her grandchildren […]
Inlaws / outlaws
My daughter and her boyfriend left for Paris on Friday. She is coming home sporting a ring and a fiancé – her dating days are over. I love this young man who is soon to be my son-in-law in the same fashion that I love my existing in-law children – like I birthed him myself. […]
Behind the Glass
I started 2017 off with a resolve to give away some time – I now volunteer at the Vancouver Aquarium. It’s a perfect fit for me. I’ve always loved the aquarium – we had a yearly family membership when the kids were little (young enough to think an afternoon spent with their mother was a […]
Happy birthday friend
A very dear friend of mine is celebrating her birthday today. Like me, and so many people at this stage of our lives, there is nothing she needs or wants. So I decided to gift her with a blog post about our friendship and what she means to me. Of the many wonderful things my […]
Oh Canada — happy birthday
“Gramma makes us sing Oh Canada ALL the time.” My darling grand daughter complained to her mother one day. She was only about 2 at the time and she was right – Gramma did make her sing Oh Canada a lot – it’s one of my favorite songs, a real top ten hit. I’ve always […]
Exposure
This blogging thing is sort of like trying on bathing suits and having the mirror located somewhere in the middle of the mall – it’s terrifying. Sure most of my most private parts are still covered but enough is on display to invite ridicule. I like one piece suits — large and black. I […]