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My old blog

If you're interested in reading older posts, please visit my original blog. I've been writing since April of this year, and I have over fifty posts in my archives. (Eventually, they will all appear on this site.)

Expectations

“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.”

Eli Khamarov

When I drop Pip off at Daisytree pre-school two mornings a week, it provides Fig and I with a two-hour chunk of one-on-one time.  During the week-long Spring Break, Fig demonstrated a few negative, attention-seeking behaviours [...]

A Conspiracy of Love

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

- Hamilton Wright Mabi

Now that I have an opportunity to write, I’m realizing that I really missed my daily postings last week!  It reminds me of when I moved away from home to go to the University of [...]

Perspective

“There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.”

Minnie Aumonier

We went for a gorgeous, fall walk in the forest and Fig had a spill.  She tripped on a root and rolled, head-over-heels, in beautiful form.  It looked choreographed, [...]

My Self

“The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.”

Michel de Montaigne, Of Solitude

I heard about a hand-drumming workshop at Joe’s Garage last week.  A fabulous Mexican drummer named Candido was in town with his band, and he was willing to share his skills with a few [...]

The Cheese Factor

“A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.”

Charles Gordy

I captured better photographs of Fig before she could speak.

At some point, somebody, (it couldn’t possibly have been me,) taught Fig and Pip to say, “cheese,” when a photograph is being taken.  Now every time Fig [...]