Travel, hiking, milestones and other reasons to wag your tail.
The Family Walk The sun had just risen, high over the park,The dogs were restless and beginning to bark.Mom was racing around, getting ready to go,Our family goes walking in sun, cold or snow. Jack chooses to ride his new silver bike,He leads the parade of our three-hour hike.A blue scooter to go on, is…
In May 2016, I was asked by my friend Jennifer Keenan, a Royal St. George’s College Board Member, to write a letter to nominate Chris D’Arcy for the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Chris D’Arcy was one of the best teachers to teach my sons at RSGC, so without hesitation, I said yes. My…
Our dog Lucy was born on June 26, 2001 at Amaranth Kennel near Shelbourne, Ontario. A purebred black Labrador Retriever, Lucy’s full official name was Amaranth’s Lucy in the Sky. We named her Lucille, after a character in the Junie B. Jones book series that Lexi was reading at the time. It also seemed fitting…
A few months ago, I was going through a box of old books and came across Life’s Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown. The author wrote the book as a gift for his son who was heading off to college. With two children in university and another heading that way in few years, I…
I delivered my two boys, ages 10 and 13 to their overnight summer camp on Georgian Bay yesterday, after a week of painstaking packing. They are going to camp for 25 days and there is a comprehensive clothing and equipment list that I followed. Everything is clean, neatly folded and labeled. I have sent pre-addressed…