Just a thought… Mexico is surrealist, where magic coexists with daily life. [Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate] Welcome to a new month of journals, and for us, new coordinates. Well, kind of new… Last year I came down to Nuevo Vallarta (aka Nuevo Nayarit) for four months. What felt like a trial separation (that
Just a thought… We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. [Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture] Well, my fears came to fruition in our BC provincial election Saturday. The numbers show that a great many voters stayed home (either ticked at David Eby calling an early election, turned off
Just a thought… I love Canada. It’s a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land. [Yann Martel] As all eyes are on the province of my birth today in a referendum vote, my thoughts are all about politics today. But I won’t share them. Don’t worry – I won’t ruffle
Just a thought… The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. [F. Scott Fitzgerald] On this Thanksgiving Day, I won’t just sit here and count my blessings: I know you have your own, and I
Just a thought… The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. [Madeleine L’Engle] A few things this week about Queenagers and one in particular I have come to know in the past few months, along with her much younger male companion. Tea? Oh, we not only