Christmas at Grandma’s
It had been a short ride, an easy one. We had only enough time to push the bike onto the ferry with all seven of the load’s cars, pay our fare, and breathe the salt filled waves before we were docking on the other side of the crossing. It was a ferry ride to an…
When I started planning my daughter’s first birthday party, I was overwhelmed as I tried to make a Zoom first birthday party & virtual cake smash a fun activity despite the limitations. However hard it would be, I needed to have a birthday party to commemorate our first year of parenthood and to celebrate my…
Every week, I drive down into Americaland for a day. The border guards welcome me “home,” my Honda loves switching from kilometers into miles (yay electronics!), my Verizon cell phone immediately starts down to business calling anyone and everyone I can think of who might possibly be able to talk to me (the first call…
Are your photos from the 90s sitting in an overflowing box somewhere on the top shelf of a dark closet, disorganized and forgotten? I’ll bet they are. And I’ll also bet this is a project that terrifies you to begin. You’re one part emotionally overwhelmed by the idea of looking through all those memories and…
“Back in the day, I didn’t realize I’d have to tell this story so many times,” he said. “You come home from work every day and have all the stories and mine doesn’t compare to those. It’s not like the ones you write on your blog.” “But it’s YOURS,” said I. “I need to know…
We meandered through the Fraser Valley as the sun set behind us. We drove through the Coquihalla Pass and stopped at the summit among the snow. We climbed into the Canadian Rockies, leaving me breathless. We circled Calgary. We watch the plains of Alberta whiz by …very, very, very slowly. We made it to Edmonton…