O, Canada: You are beautiful. From the time the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; and all the hours in between. I was born here; I was raised here. And I love everything about you. My favourite thing about you is how you exemplify what I feel the message of my new …
It's New Years' Eve and I've just finished making Oatmeal Honey Chocolate Chip cookies for a party later this evening. I'm in rainy San Diego (so strange to say that it's raining in Southern California...), and I'm happy to be spending the last day of 2016 with a friend very near and dear to my …
Have you ever had a work day where everything was just MEH? And had a touch of cranky just to top it all off? That was me a few weeks ago. What I do for work involves me having to be fairly pleasant (even when I'm not feeling it), so I was exhausted and not …
Do you remember when you were a kid and it felt like the boring things took forever and the fun things (like summer) went by so quickly? Then, we became adults and got "busy"; wondering how time flew by and wishing we could have had (or made) time to appreciate things. 2015 was both slow and quick for …
I recently celebrated my 32nd(!) birthday. In 2013, I didn't have time or energy to write about 30. In 2014, I didn't have a functioning laptop while I was away to write about 31. But this year, for 32, I took the time to reflect - possibly because unlike 30 and 31, I'm feeling a little shaky about …
It is National Flag of Canada Day and the Canadian flag turns 50. Wait, what? My almost 150 year old country's flag has only been around for a third of the confederacy? When I was reminded of this, I remembered that up until the mid-sixties, this was the flag that Canada used: Wherever I go in the …
I love getting mail. Not bills, obviously, but good mail. Occasion cards, postcards (my favourite!), or something I’ve ordered. The mail redirect from the recent move is working so that's a bonus. I also like sending mail. As my friends and family know, I am an avid postcard sender. Mail, for me, is something simple, yet …
Attraversiamo: verb - cross, go across, walk across, traverse, go through, pass through, pass; span Yes, I recently (re)watched and (re)read "Eat, Pray, Love". But, it's great word, and very appropriate for going in to a New Year. It's also fun to say. Attraversiamo. 🙂 Every New Year's Eve, I go through my goals. What happened this past …
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I found out a bit belatedly that yesterday was "Giving Tuesday". At first, I thought it was odd time to have it in light of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness just before it; but what better way to properly kick off the holiday season than with a day geared towards promoting the non-commercial …
My laptop is finally out of the Mac hospital (hooray!) and while my Europe photos were loading this evening, I was clicking through my iPhoto library. While flipping through, I landed on pictures from an epic Halloween party from many moons ago at my friend Alison's parent's house where entry was only given if we were a) dressed …
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