Persistence

Persistence

I am sitting here in my Team Canada shirt, hoarse from cheering on our Canadian Women’s Soccer Team, and thinking about persistence. Not unlike the lone, persistent Jack Pine perched atop of this rugged Northern Ontario landscape, our team of valiant, persistent...
The Power of $10 Red Mittens

The Power of $10 Red Mittens

As I sit at my desk decked out in my Team Canada jersey, nervously looking forward to tonight’s battle with our rivals to the south, I am pondering what it is about these Winter Games that has fostered such a passionate outpouring of national pride, despite...
Paint the Town Red

Paint the Town Red

Some of you might be wondering why so many patriotic posts about the Winter Olympics?  Well, I’m an unabashed sports nut.  I cannot get enough of these fabulous and sometimes wacky winter sports.  Perhaps having competed at a provincial level in one equally...