Today, I did what I swore I’d never, ever do. I was sitting in the waiting room of the cancer center in Vancouver, waiting for a good friend, who was…
I didn’t miss Mother’s Day last week but I did miss my Ma. She died six hours after I called her to tell her I was coming to visit her. …
There is usually a lot of thought that goes into a victory speech but the only thing that I could think of to say at the time was, ‘I’m so…
Although I have been living in the Vancouver area for many years, I only had a vague idea of where it was when I started on a walk this morning. …
This morning, I awoke to a tongue licking my face and it made me smile, as I kicked off the blankets on the bed and reached for my housecoat. If…
Last October, I deleted my Facebook account – forever. I wasn’t comfortable with the realization that too much of my personal information was being shared and/or compromised. Many of the…
On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, I fell in love – minutes after my friend Tim Fisher pointed her out to me. We had all gathered at Volunteer Park, in Anacortes,…
In early January, I began a walk across Canada, and hope to arrive in St. John’s, Newfoundland by December 31, 2019. I am a member of two walking clubs; one…
In January 2010, I got a call from David McDonald, who was a film student at Simon Fraser University. At the time, his graduating class was producing their final film…
If you’re a friend or a regular reader (or both), you already know that I love all animals, particularly dogs. And if you’ve ever walked with me, you also know…