After a hectic week on the road in and around Vancouver, I find myself celebrating a weekend in groovy Tofino on Canada’s West Coast. I took the photo above this morning outside of my weekend retreat, Long Beach Lodge, just outside of Tofino. I thought a snap...
At last! Out in Vancouver today you could hear the audible sighs of relief as a sunny, warm day made a rare appearance. All across Canada this spring we have been anticipating the arrival of not only summer weather, but in some places, even spring-like weather. And...
Easter Weekend always reminds me how much I appreciate my family. On Friday I drove home to Forest to visit “my peeps” and we have been visiting and telling stories since. Yesterday, my adventurous Mum and Dad agreed to be squeezed into my Jeep for a...
How do you distill the elements that make up a great day down to just a few? If it is a truly great day, that can be tough! Yesterday was such a day for me. The day started with brilliant spring sunshine. Element #1, check. It was a carefree Saturday. Element #2,...
I believe with all my heart I’m a very lucky gal. I find evidence of this everywhere. My loving and supportive family. My dear friends. My publishing job that doesn’t feel like a job. And this. My morning view. May you feel lucky for the beauty that...
Take me where the sweet water flows Take me where the winds of spring blow As swaying as tide, bitter and sweet combined I close my eyes… Nothing to fear, there is no evil near Only you and me And water sweet, shallow but oh so deep So very deep Take me where...
Martin Luther certainly got a lot of things right, including his quote in the title of this post. I was in the midst of having the best afternoon ever last Sunday, walking along the sea wall near Stanley Park in Vancouver when I came across the gentleman above...
My Canadian readers – do you remember where you were a year ago today??? Can it be just a year ago that Sidney Crosby ended our agony and scored “the golden goal” in overtime to tie a red ribbon around an Olympic Games that was not only...
Have you ever stopped to wonder where some of our phrases come from? I am starting to as I seem to have adopted a large number of them from my parents. Some I use freely without wondering what they mean (dangerous!) and some I have grown curious about their...
This is a post (and a pun) for all of my farmer friends out there. Can you sense it? Spring is definitely in the air. Despite the wintry feel of the shot I took today of this desolate “honey wagon” on my way home from Forest (my original home away from...
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