This is the second year in a row that Deb has been out of town on her birthday. Happy birthday, my dear. The other day, I was in her office and saw this photo from when she was directing A Christmas Carol. I love this picture! (I’m sorry but I forgot who took it) It…
The C word. Cancer. It still causes anxiety and worry. We have family and friends dealing with it. Last weekend we found out that another friend has got it. With all our advances in technology, why is this one thing we haven’t beaten yet? Why haven’t we developed the cure? Is there a cure? What…
As I was writing about our recent mini Vacation, I remembered another one we had a couple of weeks ago. But it got lost between my week of Woo-Woo and my Fringe posts. We missed the first weekend of the Hamilton Fringe because we were camping. With our friends, Ken and Ramona Mitchell. Who are…
Last month I spoke about a mini vacation Deb and I took. This Sunday was another one. I had lots of work to do. Plenty of things on the “list”. But Deb had been gone all week and arrived home late Saturday evening. So, we decided to have a mini vacation day. No…
There’s not enough communion in this fast-paced world of ours. We’re so busy running around and doing nothing important. When’s the last time you had a chat with friends? Just talking about life and what’s important? Do we even know what’s important anymore? We’re glued to our phones. We’re scrolling our apps. We do this…
My hometown friends and I have a semi-regular Zoom meeting. We reminisce and shoot the breeze. Rehash the old times. And update each other on the new times. A couple of weeks ago, we were remembering our friend George. It was his sixty-first birthday. Or it would have been, if he hadn’t passed away six…
People you may know. They keep popping up on my Facebook feed. Some of them I do know. Some of them I’m aware of but don’t know. And some others…? They’re friends with one person I know?? Why would you assume they are my friends, Facebook? But it’s the ones that you…
One of the best things about going to the Fringe is bumping into friends and acquaintances. There’s always time for a quick catch up before the show starts. Or an in-depth debrief over drinks after the show. You can share what to go see. What to avoid… And commiserate on everything in between. There’s even…
If I was to rate my skills. And decide what I’m really good at… Making friends is probably one of my greatest abilities. I don’t have a gazillion friends. But I have enough. And I’ve been very lucky to have lots of close relationships with people. Male and female. In the seasons of life, I’ve…
Sometimes you just need a break. And it doesn’t need to be a week or two. Even a day or two is enough. In a pinch an hour or two might be enough. Deb said that we should treat last weekend like a vacation. So, we did. We went to Stratford on…
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