Nature’s Beauty

"Every day has it's beauty" my dad always says. It's true, if you take a moment to stop and look around you, nature has all sorts of beautiful gems on display. The photos in this post are taken (by me) while I was talking a walk the other day. The wild flowers are stunning! You…

Comfort Hounds

Some time ago, my brother Ken described Bruce and I as comfort hounds. I am not going to lie, he is absolutely right.  There are a few things that I have discovered that I cannot live without. During my recent extended stay in the hospital, I discovered how important these seemingly little items are to…

Mr. Smelly

My son was at the chiropractor yesterday. He told me that when he went into the room to be worked on, it stunk of B.O.  The patient who was in the room before him had a problem with body odour. "It was so bad, I nearly puked" he said. "Then I noticed there was a…

Armed with my Fitbit

Today, for the first time since early April, I strapped my Fitbit onto my wrist and went out for a walk along the Trans Canada Trail. I didn't break any records, but I did get a 2km walk in. It's a good start. When I was off sick for a couple of months, I had…

Hanging On For Dear Life

I was driving a friend home and we were filling air time by talking about short stories, blogging, and podcasts. I was telling my friend about a hilarious story I had listened to on the http://www.themoth.org. We chatted about how people love to hear stories about other people's mishaps. So this lead me to think…