Snow Day in Okanagan Valley! I tired to work; I truly did. But outside made inside seem so terribly boring… The schools in my region had not closed for a snow day in 35 years…until yesterday and today. The first … Read More
Tabitha turns 15 years old today. She is an amazing young woman. I liked to call her my little dynamo when she was one year old because she was this tiny little person, with a blonde afro, who never quit … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week XII January 1, 2015, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC Vivat Okanagan Lake! My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge was to … Read More
Below is a slideshow of my family’s 2014 year in review. Thank you to each and every one of you who touched our lives this past year. The video is long and I know only my true die hard … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week XI December 20, 2014, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge is to take a dip … Read More
Say Something Cover Song by Tabby Cat—Piano and Vocals httpv://youtu.be/n2-6mxYZv0Q?list=UURbJ6OzAYhYb91or-oMr1uw I begged Tabitha to record herself singing and playing the piano to Say Something the song by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera. It took her months to finally … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week X December 13, 2014, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge is to take a dip … Read More
Literature has always managed to be true to women since novel reading first became a popular leisure pastime in the eighteenth century. True women characters began appearing frequently in literature by the nineteenth century, in works written by the Brontë … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week IX December 7, 2014, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge is to take a dip … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week VIII November 28, 2014, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge is to take a dip … Read More
Meditation: how can an activity so perfectly calm bring on a head injury? My story is so freakish that it’s embarrassing. But still, I will tell it only because I have a little extra time on my hands as I … Read More
Books: Queens, Exotic Northern Lands and A Pug Named Pru I thought my readers might like to peek inside my writing/painting studio to see what I’m up to this month. The thing about being an author/artist is that it sometimes … Read More
The First Snow: An Okanagan Winter Wonderland I woke up yesterday morning to a complete surprise. Over night, unexpectedly, our mountain had turned from a rust fall palette into a brilliant, white, winter wonderland. My excited rambling to the dogs … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week VII November 22, 2014, Tug Boat Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. Our challenge is to take a dip … Read More
Okanagan Lake Dip Challenge Week VI Yeeha! Dip 6—We’re Half Way Through the Challenge! November 15, 2014, Stathcona Beach, Lake Okanagan, BC My daughter (Tabitha, age 14), sister (Miranda) and I began our 12 week challenge on Thanksgiving Day 2014. … Read More