As I recently posted, we went to Tofino, British Columbia a couple of weeks ago. We had wanted to visit for a long time. However, this particular visit was very short as we decided to go on the spur of the moment; our plan is to go back at some point because we loved it.…
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Pausing My Life, Part One
Do you ever feel like you need to take a break from your life? Just press the pause button, sit back with your coffee or tea cup and turn everything off for an hour? No phones, internet, television or other "urgencies." Last year, I took on a high stress position. My boss, whom I got…
Tofino, British Columbia
We recently took a short trip to Tofino, British Columbia. It's famous for its stunning beaches, surf, fabulous old-growth forests, and as a gateway to eco-travelling. Many people also come to Tofino in the fall to see the storm waves crashing on the shore. Tofino is on the Pacific Ocean, and the next stop is…
Greetings from Howe Sound
I am on holidays right now and am taking a little breather to Vancouver Island. We left this morning via ferry from West Vancouver and are heading to Nanaimo. Here's a photo of our crossing through Howe Sound. We are taking a few days to relax. 🙂
Random Acts of Kindness Award
Ursula from An Upturned Soul has gifted me with the Random Acts of Kindness Award! Thank you, Ursula! It was very surprising and very welcome. 🙂 Ursula is a truly gifted writer and thinker, and I've been very lucky to know her since very early in my blogging life - about six years now. She…
An Airplane Story
As Monty Python used to say ... And now for something completely different. Once upon a time, there was a pilot who had to fly an airplane very far, far north. The pilot had done lots of flying before, but not very far, far north. The pilot was looking forward to this trip. On the…
Are You a Dreamer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMjGAimtRc I went through a dreamer phase when I was a child. I used to think about all kinds of heroic things, with of course, myself in the role of hero. Much of the time, I was basing my heroic roles on tv shows or movies I had seen or books I had read. I…
Why Do You Blog?
The idea for this post came from https://anupturnedsoul.wordpress.com who asked this question after being prompted by a blog that she follows: https://aguycalledbloke.blog. It's a good question. Why DO I blog? Well, for the most part, it started out with wanting to hang a warning sign on the Narcissistic Personality Disordered people among us who go…
The Big Chilly
Right now I am living deep inside a real big chilly. It's something like -42 C or whatever. When it's that cold, does it matter any more? I don't even check. It's -40, yada yada. Up until recently, it's been fairly easy to live with. But ... there's always something. First, my truck wouldn't start.…
Cold Weather
This is what -36°C looks like ... ... at the southern end of Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories. In Fahrenheit, that's -33. Very sharp and sunny, but my, is it chilly! Somehow, the air looks cold. I usually walk to work, but today I needed to take my vehicle; it was slow to start…
