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I have no idea who this guy is but he was certainly in the right place at the right time. I had driven out to Mission for lunch with my partner – normally about a 20-minute drive, NASCAR-style. Leaving Maple Ridge, the roads were wet, salted and bare, so quite…
It was warm tonight at The ACT. The thermometer wouldn’t show it, but there was a good and tangible energy there. It wasn’t the energy of a performance (for my irregular readers, The ACT is our community theatre), although those generate their own special energy. It was an energy of…
Today was a busy day. Two special times were memorable for me, though. The first was in the morning. Those of you who know that I’m not a morning person may find that hard to believe, but perhaps you will be reassured if I tell you that it was in…
I had dinner this evening with my partner in a little neighbourhood pub in Mission. I didn’t even catch the name of it. Oh, wait. Google Street View tells me it’s the 14th Avenue Pub. This is going to sound like a restaurant review or at the very least a…
Try Googling that phrase. You’ll get almost four and a half million hits, from song lyrics to book titles to lines in a poem to comments on photos to – whatever. Isn’t it strange, then, if it’s that pervasive a notion, that we so rarely actually let ourselves do it?…
It’s a quiet night in the Mitchell basement. My partner is house-sitting her daughter’s house during their honeymoon. She has taken Lacey, the dog, with her for company. Spot, one of our cats, is pretending to be sociable and cuddly on my lap but she’s really looking over my shoulder…
Tonight I am grateful for good friends who are there for me when others cannot be.
Today we welcomed a new member of our family into our home. He is very tiny, very cute, very loud for his size and has a mischievous sense of humour. He is active and chatty and really a delight to have around. And as long as we keep him caged…
This is going to be so materialistic and un-philosophical. Also kind of old hat to most of my geek friends. Sorry. I upgraded my phone yesterday, Yes, I got rid of my old rotary-dial steam-powered cellphone and sprang for a nice new shiny smartphone. And before you think, “Wow, Stephanie,…
New Year’s Eve always features THE countdown. Whether we watch the Times Square Ball Drop (appropriately delayed for our time zone), watch it in some other way, or even – as our family occasionally does – stands outside on the lawn, pots and pans at the ready while someone watches…
