I went to Barrie in the Fall










It’s Valentine’s Day and the kitten, the Ducky, the littlest assistant is here to share the love: her own special series of kitten valentine e-cards. She might be a kitten, but she’s not a’kidding. Her special meow sounds more like a mix between a half-mew and a bird’s chirp, but you’re the bomb-diggity, just the same. The bestest…
My very first cruise experience was a rousing success, despite being approximately thirty years younger than the target audience (of this particular line). 😉 No complaints here, though: the cruise ship life is a relaxing, enjoyable, astonishingly delightful experience. I may not cruise again for a while (more on that later) but I will be…
I didn’t think I would ever arrive. I decided a couple quick flights would be the easiest way to get from Greensboro to Chattanooga. Theoretically, I was right. A twenty-two minute flight GSO to CLT, a ninety minute flight CLT to CHA, done. In the past four years of nonstop flying, I’ve never experienced exhorbitant…
Guys! Canadaland is SO MUCH BIGGER than this little tiny thumbprint section I claim as my own. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No duh. But for all my criss-cross-apple-sauce of the continent, I’ve only ever been in one Canadian airport: Vancouver. I’ve driven into Alberta, yes, and poked my head into Ontario 15 years ago, but all…
My Dad did it (Atlantic to Pacific!). My cousin’s doing it (Pacific Ocean to Lake Michigan). I can’t bike the whole trek (I did think about trying, though!), so I will do my part right here at home. #cabinsforkids is the fund raising, friend-raising, community-building initiative by New Hope Uganda’s Musana Camp. By biking the…
I didn’t even recognize it. Not until later, anyway. A couple years ago, on one of my first trips to Canadaland, John and I took a daytrip to Whistler in the middle of the winter (cold, cold winter) and snowshoed on these very same trails. With feet upon feet upon feet of snow, the going…