Pip & Friends.A most difficult weekend with rain and parenting struggles.My main focus as a mother of three daughters has been to promote the philosophy at home that they live in a woman’s world, but also the world is there’s … Read More
Little Pip at the ranch.UBCO web site had the wrong course number advertised. Thus I registered for the wrong course. Awaiting info from prof of my missed class (the right course). I hope I didn’t miss too much. So, actually … Read More
More pics from our Labour Day at O’Keefe Ranch. Back to the fall. How did it arrive so soon? It seems like I only just arrived home from Asia last week. I am so missing the bliss of summer.Back to … Read More
Labor Day at O’ Keefe Ranch this afternoon. Attempted to attend the Armstrong Fair only to arrive as everyone was departing. Yesterday was the last day.O’Keefe Ranch was fun despite the rain. We loved dressing up. These pics were taken … Read More
Peter took this of the girls. Why is life like a roof on fire? Stress. Relationships are confusing, complicated and exhausting. I think that the longer you are in a relationship–the more complicated it becomes. Peter and I have been … Read More
Peter and Fernando. The area was central to the Hudson Bay Fur Brigade Trail over 125 years ago. In fact the trail crosses through Lac Du Bois. Gold mining was big in the area too. Tranquille Creek flows through the … Read More
A picnic on the way to fossil hunting. Could there be a more beautiful view? Good ideas are born from frustration. Case in point: IQuest–my gym. Again a sign on the door–open at 8:30. Again I had to drive home, … Read More
Spent an amazing Saturday with Pip, Tabs, Peter and my mom near Cache Creek at a major fossil bed find. The pics include one of John, our guide. The hood-doos above are on sacred Bonaparte First Nation land. They used the … Read More
This is me today. Whoopie. I just don’t have any new exciting photos to share with you so forgive me.My gym sucks. IQuest is in the stone age. I drive down this morning, bright and early, before Peter leaves for … Read More
Fernando and Pip. Stop the press. I am rewriting the entire Queen. Looked at it yesterday and I was hooked. I love writing it. All I want to do is lock myself in my office from dawn to dusk. If … Read More
Pics are from a photo shoot of the Maplelea dolls for their upcoming catalogue. No word yet if the top pic made it in. Tonight I’m aloneAlone in the darkAway from the familiar toneStowaway on an Arc –lines from a … Read More
Here is my finished rumpus room–that is the name we called the basement room at my grandparent’s house. Mistaya and I decided we love the name “rumpus room” and will call this room that forever more. My maternal grandparent’s rumpus … Read More
Gruntartus: used to describe something that is dangerous and unbelievable yet also fitting and practical. The newest word to join the English language. I invented it in the middle of the night last night. I was thinking about the video … Read More
Peter secretly took this pic of me the other day on his iphone and mailed it to me. I was only in bed to be comfy–as you can see I was fully dressed in a brown dress. I think I … Read More
I am busy applying to switch from an MA to an MFA. I am very excited about this as my end career goal is to paint and teach post-secondary art. Of course I will continue making time to write throughout … Read More