Last night I watched the Law & Order SVU episode Facing Demons. It was chilling, especially because I went through the same thing Brian Cassidy suffered as a child – sexual abuse. I’m not going to get graphic about what happened, but what I’m going to write will disturb a lot of people, and if […]
Category archives: Family
Gotta love Spring
Last couple of days it was so cold everyone was wearing winter coats. Today everyone is wearing shorts. That’s life in Northern Ontario! Of course the grass needs cutting. I’m not allowed to do it, as it could damage my back further. Some days, like today, it is easier to remember that. The pain today […]
The Great White North
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjykvn9snD4] I’m on holiday this week, visiting my mother-in-law, the poet laureate of Temiskaming District. I’m also recuperating from fixing my computer, and other stuff. No, it didn’t include a hangover. I gave up drinking twenty-five years ago, and I have to admit I’m surprised that Molson’s Breweries didn’t go when I did.
Heather’s Birthday Supper
Enjoy. While I run and hide 🙂 It’s fixed now.
Wedding Bells
My cousin got married yesterday. Her second, his first. She’s known Heather longer than I have, and neither of us had seen Cathy since my Dad’s funeral, so we were really looking forward to attending. Cathy looked great. In fact I think she looked happier yesterday than I’ve seen her look in over 20 years, […]
Good things happen too
After all the doom and gloom in the news over the last week, I felt I had to write something a bit more up-beat. My daughter has spent that last three weeks at The Hospital for Sick Children, and Toronto Institution well known for the excellent care it gives. She had two surgeries, and was […]