Thank You For Being A Friend

Like everyone else in the world, I recently mourned the loss of the iconic Betty White. She was talented. She was funny. She was a little bit ‘bad’ as we like to say in our family. I remember reading something she’d said, and of course I’m paraphrasing, but she talked about how she was soContinue reading “Thank You For Being A Friend”

Born to be Wild

Get your motor runnin’Head out on the highwayLooking for adventureIn whatever comes our wayYeah, darlin’ gonna make it happenTake the world in a love embraceFire all of your guns at onceAnd explode into spaceBorn to be wild…. Well, quite a lot has changed in such a short while! As regular readers know, I’ve been stuckContinue reading “Born to be Wild”

Dear Sean Fraser

In my blog post titled “Peut-etre En Septembre”, I told our devastating story of Joan being stuck in the Dominican Republic for almost six months due to the Trudeau government’s decision to cancel all direct-to-Canada flights from the Caribbean. I was baffled by the decision when it was announced and as I sit here, inContinue reading “Dear Sean Fraser”

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends…

I was listening to a little Joe Cocker today and it really hit home. For those of you who have been around for a little while, you know that I have been incredibly blessed with some of the most amazing friends. And I am ever so grateful for all of them!! This week, I amContinue reading “I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends…”

Peut-etre en septembre…

Moi j’ai decide de t’attendre, peut-etre en septembre, tu seras la. That line comes from an old song from a teenybopper television show I used to watch when I lived in Belgium called Helene et les Garcons. I watched it faithfully…along with the rest of the 12-15 year old french-speaking kids in Europe. I wasContinue reading “Peut-etre en septembre…”

In My Life…I Loved You More

“And I know I’ll never lose affectionFor people and things that went beforeI know I’ll often stop and think about themIn my life I loved you more” The Beatles Phew, it has been a long time since I posted!! Please forgive my absence but I had a LOT on the go the last six weeks!Continue reading “In My Life…I Loved You More”

Big Brother

Bringing up the ‘family distancing’ earlier this week has me focusing on my family more than ever. It’s been rolling around in my brain for days! I have never understood siblings that stop speaking for years at a time or some such nonsense. I have been gifted only one sibling, a big brother, Brian…and asContinue reading “Big Brother”

Hello to Nova Scotia!

It’s been a bit since I’ve posted anything and I do apologize for that delay. It is my intention to post something at least weekly. I have written and rewritten a post called “Christmas in July” about a hundred times and I still don’t have the heart to post it. It’s funny cause I amContinue reading “Hello to Nova Scotia!”

A Different Kind of Honeymoon

After my family and friends left the island following our wedding, Joan and I set out on what I have called, “a different kind of honeymoon”! We were already in one of the most beautiful locations on this earth, how could we beat it? We didn’t even attempt to. Instead, we used this time toContinue reading “A Different Kind of Honeymoon”

If I could turn back time…

On June 14, 2009, less than two months after my original trip to the Dominican Republic, I returned to the island with my friend Flora. You hear people say that the islands called to them, but I didn’t believe that was possible until the cries were deafening. I had given my head the stern lecture,Continue reading “If I could turn back time…”