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International Travel Happening Now!
Hello! Yes, it has been a long time since I posted. What has been happening in the meantime? Well a bit of this and a bit of that. I have been busy yet not overwhelmed, which also gave me time to ponder about this blog and what direction to go. It will still be about…
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Reality
Here I am, finally “on the move” so to speak. I have sold or donated some of my belongings and stored the remainder. I have, with help, scrubbed and shampooed my former apartment to an acceptable gleam. After haphazardly tossing my travel goods and clothes into luggage and departing YVR I have landed in the…
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VANCOUVER HOT CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL
I am so excited! I just found out the dates for the 4th annual Hot Chocolate Festival. It begins tomorrow January 18 and runs until Valentine’s Day February 14, 2014. During this time frame you can visit any of the 25 participating venues serving delectable rich hot chocolate and drinking chocolate. Add flavours like hazelnut,…
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AND THE DOWNSIZING BEGINS
Season’s Greetings everyone (that includes all holidays at this time year, not just Christmas). I hope this finds you all well and happy. I had a very good Christmas which was spent with friends who I consider family. And of course, I did go to the movies on Christmas day, as per my tradition. FYI,…
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Kitty Love
One year ago today I adopted a rescue kitten from Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA). Earlier that year I had put my 19 year old black Siamese-Burmese cross to sleep. He was very old and had stopped eating and drinking. He had a good life yet letting him go was one of the hardest things I have…
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‘Tis The Season of Giving
For those who celebrate it (as I do) the Christmas season fast approaches. Often touted as a ‘season of giving’ it seems that the modern holiday season is more apt to be the ‘season of buying’. Enticing commercials give proclamations of need for this product or that. Stores boldly announce that they carry items for…
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Gray Days
So dreary I do not know if it the shortened days with less sunlight, SAD, hormones or that I am just ready to leave but things just seem so gray and dull. There is no sunshine. I need daylight. All I want to do is leave. Go. Go somewhere where it is not the same…