Last weekend when Emily and I went on our little Sister’s Safari to Sooke, we decided to also venture to Port Renfrew to visit Botanical Beach. I had never been to Port Renfrew or Botanical Beach so I was really looking forward to checking out another part of the Island. I won’t go into the […]
The last time I lived in the United States I was 17 years old, but every American Thanksgiving I get a little pang in my heart to venture back for the annual holiday. I love holiday tradition, the family gathering, football on T.V., and the amazing spread of food on the table. I am also […]
It’s Wednesday, the Olympics have been over for 3 days now, and I am still thinking of them. I feel like those people, who later in life, talk about the glory days of University or god-forbid, sometimes, high school. Honestly the Olympics were the glory days here in Vancouver and what is difficult to contemplate […]
I didn’t go away this holiday season. I didn’t fly out of out town, go to the beach, sit by the ocean, or travel to an exotic city. Instead I stayed at home in Vancouver. My parents flew up from Tampa to spend the 2 weeks with my sister, Jeff, and I. For 2009 I […]
I have been extremely delinquent in posting these past few days. I have been away from the computer most days, between Christmas and moving into a new place, I really haven’t had the time or interest in being near a computer. I have this week off at work and I am loving every minute of […]
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In […]
It’s the holiday weekend and man did I ever need the holiday. Just to recharge, relax, read, listen to music, and go with the flow on my own time- no alarms. It’s been rainy, but something about the rain brings a coziness into our home- as though we have been given the “ok” to just […]
