Giving Back
Sometime in my early forties, I decided it was time for me to give back to the community. Victoria is my home, and since I have neither the patience nor Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: community
Proud Mom
OK, so despite my last post — or maybe because of it — Kiddo excitedly asked any of her friends if they wanted to join her in the parade. I stood by my promise to go if she wanted. Continue Reading →
You can’t make this stuff up.
The best fiction is always based on fact and hooooooo-boy have I got some fiction-worthy events from the last few days. Bottom line: our neighbours are a problem. In theory Continue Reading →
Blackwood Book Box
Yesterday’s wanders found us at Home Depot buying $30 in wood which, along with stuff we had around the house and a few hours hard work became the Blackwood Book Box: Like Continue Reading →
Seeking Spirituality
For those who have known me long enough, you’ll know that I was raised without any particular religious traditions. I tried going to Sunday School as a young child of Continue Reading →
Last of the Single Screens
One of the albums that defined my tween-hood was Styx Paradise Theater. For those not familiar with it, it was a “concept album,” that is the songs collectively told a Continue Reading →
Of Green Fees and Grilled Cheese.
In the Victoria area there are more than a dozen easily accesible golf courses — a few more if you broaden the search to the entire CRD. They range from Continue Reading →
The ebb tide continues
Since proclaiming that I was going to spend less time on social media and do other stuff it seems like everyone around me is doing the same. People who used Continue Reading →
There is hope yet
I discovered recently where I find hope — hope that we, as humans, can still find ways to get along. I find it where-ever people come together to accomplish something beautiful Continue Reading →
We’re Just Fine.
I was in the midst of a post full of the little things that irk me about travelling to Vancouver (and the surrounding region) but frankly, I had a fine Continue Reading →