Hi all – this is Sarabeth posting on behalf of Alison… Yesterday, while Alison and the kids and her mom were eating lunch, someone broke into the BMV and stole Alison’s laptop and some cameras. They have reported everything to the police, complete with serial numbers, so hopefully – just … Continue reading
Ok, another thing I love about Canada is that all products are labeled both in English and in French. It is such a small detail, but it’s like language study all day long. It takes me twice as long at the grocery store because I am reading both labels just … Continue reading
23 24 25 26 27 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Few Showers High 63°F Low 53°F Precip. 30 % Few Showers High 75°F Low 54°F Precip. 30 % Showers High 66°F Low 56°F Precip. 40 % Showers High 67°F Low 52°F Precip. 60 % Showers High 62°F Low 51°F Precip. … Continue reading
Things I Love About Canada: Rhubarb Ok, I’m pretty sure Canada didn’t like invent rhubarb. In fact it isn’t even indigenous to North America, strangely enough, but Canada is where I have been lovingly introduced to this enticing vegetable, so I’m counting it as one of the things I love … Continue reading
I am beginning a series of posts on things I love about Canada. I am doing this partly just to highlight the things I love and partly to take my focus off the things I don’t love, especially since most of the things I don’t love involve either the de-valuation … Continue reading
For the last two days, the sun has been shining in Vancouver and we have drunk it in. We have walked and biked in it, basked in it at two different parks and enjoyed its warmth through the windows of our lovely house. I lied on the grass at a … Continue reading
I was remembering today a conversation that I overheard in a crowded train compartment from Florence to Venice when Taido and I were in Italy a few years ago. We had just spent several days in Florence that I had spent years carefully planning, seeing paintings and sculptures that I … Continue reading
Friday evening, June 13, 2008 After spending most of Wednesday messing with our errands in town, the kids and I stayed around camp all day again on Thursday. It had rained off and on all day on Wednesday, so it was a welcome relief to have a mostly dry day … Continue reading
I finished a book this morning that I have been slowly reading since just before I left home. It’s called Finding Our Way Again. Isn’t that a great title? It’s about restoring to our lives some of the ancient traditions of faith that have given both sanity and sacredness to … Continue reading
Wednesday morning, June 11, 2008 The good thing about camping in what is not officially, but practically a rainforest is that it is like being in nature’s Emerald City. The green moss floor, the evergreen canopy and the mammoth ferns combine to create a sort of green fairy land. The … Continue reading
