Island Holiday. Diary post 2.5. — Mudge Midday
We have put on over 10,000 steps today and my feet are filthy. I’ve watched my little girl balance on logs, scurry across rocks and fly on a homemade swing in a tree — she sparkles with the glitter of childhood uncomplicated. She is dappled with the scuffs of her adventures, she is freckled […]
Island holiday – diary post 2. Mudge Moments
There is a quiet here that settles your bones, broken only with the sound of a seal slap on the water or the groc of a heron fishing off a rock. And the coffee tastes amazing. A girl could get used to this. Sure didn’t take long to fall into Mudge mode. The flight […]
A Super Special Friday Night
It’s one o’clock in the morning. I’m tucked into a sleeping bag and laying on a cement floor (I forfeited my flimsy yoga mat to the six year old who is sleeping beside me). We are tucked in – the lights have been turned down and there are 61 other campers spread out around the […]
Paw Prints On My Heart. — episode 5 — Casey
Casey wandered into our lives in the fashion of a little boy’s dream; a yellow, chubby bundle of irresistible cuteness. He appeared out of nowhere at the bottom of our back steps. It was like someone had beamed him down. Mom challenged us kids to find his owners – she ventured they couldn’t be far […]
25 Things
I was playing the ’25 things people would be surprised to learn about me’ game with my daughter recently – it helps the miles pass quickly when you’re driving. It was my turn. “They’d be surprised to learn that I have tap shoes”. My daughter agreed. “They’d be surprised to learn that I have a […]
Best Foot Forward
I hauled out the ironing board and plugged in the iron – I needed to give my volunteer t-shirt the once over before I put it on. I’m a stickler for pressed clothes, even blue jeans (not creased – just pressed, I don’t go completely overboard). God forbid we leave the house looking rumpled. My […]
Paw Prints On My Heart. — episode 4 — Taffy
Taffy joined our family in Windsor. She was the result of a mistaken identity- a friend of mom’s bought her thinking she was a Cairn Terrier. This friend was possibly the most glamorous woman I had ever seen. Her makeup was always perfect. She had an array of salon-styled, human hair wigs in a variety […]
My imaginary friend
Having had several false starts on a blog post this weekend I’ve decided to write about not getting one done. I don’t know what happens to me when the words just won’t come together, when the blank page throws down and wins. It isn’t for lack of a story to tell – there are several […]
Where there is smoke…
British Columbia is experiencing an extreme fire season. Vancouver has been socked in with smoke for over a week. People have been complaining about the air quality, the haze in the sky and the smell of smoke for days. We can’t even see the mountains across the river for the blanket of smoke that has […]
Paw Prints On My Heart — episode 3 — Gyp
I guess mom and dad thought Gypsy was such a perfect dog name they used it again. We called this dog Gyp – she was the first family dog my siblings and I shared and can remember together. It’s not nice to talk trash about anybody’s mother, human or dog, but Gyp’s mother must have […]