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Christmas Past and Presents
Christmas was five days ago? How did that happen? We had a good Christmas but we thought it might not happen. We were pretty sure we were facing a serious case of deja vu. Ten years ago we flew to Prince George on the 24th, and we sat in the airport for 12 hours because it started to snow heavily…
Read more »Mother Nature 1: Vancouver 0
Wow, what a weekend. I don’t know what the record is, but I’ve not seen it snow for that long at a stretch in the time I’ve lived in Vancouver. I’ve seen a greater accumulation here…but not that fast. It really is pretty though. Looks like a White Christmas no matter where you are in Canada this year! We were…
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What was I saying?!?
Here we go again. I just looked at the long range weather outlook. I love the snow! I love the cold weather! I’m a winter girl at heart and I am always amused by the inability of Vancouver to function when so much as a single flake of snow descends from above. However, I am not amused by the weather…
Read more »Mounting Evidence…
So, years ago we moved to Vancouver..and the running joke became that when we travel at Christmas some natural disaster always strikes. Ice storms, the worst blizzard in X number of years, avalanches, rockslides, blistering cold….you name it… And because of our run of winter weather scenarios, a few friends actually try to gauge the coming season by inquiring about…
Read more »‘Tis the Season?
We received a Christmas card the other day….I didn’t know who it was from, I mean, I could read the name, but I’d never heard of the person. I figured it was someone Kirk knew. When he came home I asked if he knew a Ralph Sutton? He said “sure, so do you, he taught us VHF radio” I said,…
Read more »Why you should never talk politics with family….
So there we were, the Conservatives forced an election, over $300 million was wasted on campaigns that resulted in another minority government that managed to squeak in another seat or two. Yes, that was well spent money. The next day I was listening to CBC and a Conservative member was trumpeting to the stars about how the Canadian people has…
Read more »Revenge of the Glitter Gods
Kirk is getting around to finishing up the sound system in the bedroom, which, when all is said and done, will outperform the one in the living room. He must love me since it’s all attached to the computer and therefore is mainly for my benefit when working. Things don’t always go as smoothly as we’d like though. When he…
Read more »Always Passing Through
Heading home from a few days in Duncan at the hatchery. Thought I might be able to catch the 12:30 ferry. No such luck, the 3pm it is then. Driving into Nanaimo. Those old familiar feelings pop up again. Bitterness, anger, loss, disillusionment, humiliation, failure. You can build relationships and friendships over the span of years and you can lose…
Read more »On the road again…
I think this is my last road trip on my current contract. And I have to admit that I’m burnt out. I need to find something new to do. Would really love to find a way back to teaching. Anyway, I’m currently in Duncan, BC. I’ve passed through before but I think I must have missed it somehow…probably because I…
Read more »Footprints on my heart…and my dining room table…and my coffee table
[Loki and Milo. All tuckered out] Loki and Milo are such sweethearts…except for all their bad habits of course. Milo, well, there’s that issue of peeing in the wrong place at seemingly random moments. I’m not sure if I felt better or worse when we took him in for his annual checkup and the vet said she has a cat…
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