Where events just seem to conspire against you? Where things come to a head at exactly the wrong time. That is today. That has been this week, this weekend. Something has to give. Just a bit so I can catch my breath. Sometimes I feel like I need no sleep. Like right now. I’m tired [...]
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Fuel prices, global warming, gas guzzlers and koolaid
Travel has its high and low points. One of the low points are the unfortunate comparisons I find I am drawing between the way we get around the streets where we live here versus in Europe. In Europe we noticed that all the cars are small. No Hummers, Escalades, or F250 club cabs. The vehicles [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Back to school stress
I am as stressed about school as I have ever been. Well, not school so much as worrying about my kid’s stress. I don’t always pay attention and I missed some of the cues that would have let me understand that my older son was fretting about what to expect during the first couple of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kingston, Ontario is a great place to live
Really? Well…Yes. I actually targeted Kingston years ago as one of the better spots to live in Canada for a number of reasons: It’s not too big. Easy to navigate, little traffic and low crime. It is not too small. All the services are here and Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa are not that far away. [...]
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Liam, Aidan, Annette and I just got back from a 16 day trip to Roma, Pompeii, Paris and Venezia. Annette did a side trip to visit her family in Poland. The experience was more than worth the cost. So much of what we saw was unexpected. From the dominance of Smart cara in Roma to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Putting down roots
We have moved around…A LOT. But we have now been here in Kingston for longer than anywhere else and we like this town. The river is just down the path behind our house. There’s a place where the dogs can swim. The city is just across the bay. We can see the Canada day fireworks [...]
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“Grace” has numerous theological definitions. My definition is of a more secular nature. “Grace is an unearned gift of momentary happiness that we experience with our family or friends” This was a pretty rough weekend. There were times though, where it occurred to me that I am very, very blessed to have Liam, Aidan and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Charity and a positive vibe
I have heard quite a few people express the view that Amy Winehouse, as a drug addict and an alcoholic, wasted her talent, and got what she deserved. Bullshit. The judgements I pass on other people speak exclusively to my own character. Regardless of the girl’s shortcomings, she was no less human than the rest [...]
Read the rest of this entry »We only said good-bye with words
Amy Warehouse’s live version of “Back to black” blew me away. The whole performance. Her vocals, her body language, the mixing, her band, the back up singers, the crowd… Life is do short. No time to waste. Why am I only seeing that now? Share on Facebook
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