Musings about life…
For the past few years, I have been on a decluttering mission. Prior to moving from Victoria, we had already begun working on living a more clutter free life. When we moved to Collingwood, we had multiple garage sales…
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I’ve been spending time working on re-creating my life over the past five years and came across these 8 Habits. They are borrowed from a Harvard Study, which found that we can control eight big decisions in our lives…
This May, we visited Paris. Apparently, the springtime is supposed to be the perfect time to visit and while we didn’t have the best weather, we did have a great visit. We had several very nice days, a couple…
2022 was the year we all tentatively left our homes and attempted to regain a semblance of control over our lives after two years of Covid and we tried our best to get busy again. In January, we visited…
As Christmas and New Years Day nears, I want to take a moment to consider gratitude. Appreciate Everything. The habit of being grateful starts with appreciating every good thing in life and recognizing that there is nothing too small…
One of the things I have come to enjoy during this new phase in my life of not having to go to work is the ongoing landscaping development in our yard. It’s something I missed more than I thought…
Early July of 2022 found us all getting dressed up for the first time in several years to attend an old friends family wedding. It was an occasion I wanted us to cherish, because, as we age, there are…
I hold an active Master Scuba Diver Trainer’s Certificate and have over 3000 logged dives. In 1978, I was lucky enough to travel to Isla Mujeres off the coast of Cancun to do some snorkelling for a few days.…
The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, east of downtown, which is made up of numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within incredible heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. At…
So this retirement thing is finally kicking in. It’s been a bit of a bumpy road due to having to fight off the cancer I was diagnosed with at 63 but so far, after surgery, radiation and two years…
