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Famous last words taken all wrong
This is the Tragically Hip song that made me sit up and take notice. An early one, but one of those head-banging, poetical BEASTS that is a trademark of Gord at his finest. Crank it. This momen...
One Star at a Time
So about a month ago, it was announced that Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip had terminal brain cancer. This has bothered me more than (I think) I’ve let on, but I’ve been a bit of...
But What a God When He Sees
So it’s been awhile. Sometimes things happen - or emotional scabs get picked - and I just can’t bear to delve any deeper into it all. My finger literally hovers over the link to this site and s...
My Eyes Were Filled with Feathers
I had just finished moving our horses over to a different pen this morning when DH and I heard, off in the distance, a very strange noise. We thought at first it was coyotes yipping (and my horse...
There's a Train Leaving Nightly
On Open Diary, he went by “sensitive guy,” “average guy,” and “LeRoy” among others. He passed away two years ago today from cancer and there’s a still a big, gaping void where he used to be. I ...
All Red and Primitive above Our Heads
A couple of years ago, while doing research for Leopard’s Kin, I stumbled across an author well known in some circles for stories of the frontier explorers named James Alexander Thom. He’s also ...
You're Still the One
I sent my salary expectations to that recruiter on Sunday night this week and have been in a private kind of torture since, waiting for some kind of response from them. She called this afternoon...
Day 6 of the Nature Photography Challenge
Here are some more examples of paint.net’s versatility with a fairly humdrum original photo. As an aside, this lovely old willow leans a little bit more every time we get a strong wind through t...
Days 4 and 5 of the Nature Photography Challenge
I’m a bit behind - the middle & end of the week got a bit hectic there (see my next entry!) - so I shall condense the last 2 days’ photos into one entry. Here’s the “sharpened” version of som...
Day 3 of the Nature Photography Challenge
A simple one today - just a view from the top of the pond looking out towards the road. This was taken on Sunday; unfortunately it doesn’t look like that anymore, as we had about 4” of snow fall...
You Just Keep Me Hangin' On
Here is my day: Found out that I did not get the job here after 2 interviews and the online test. She was very nice and fed out the standard line of being a tough choice, but said the successful...
Day 2 of the Nature Photography Challenge
We have a lot of this lovely dogwood growing along the creek on the property, so it got my attention while taking photos yesterday. I actually had done some tampering with this photo via paint.ne...
Day 1 of the Nature Photography Challenge
My BFF nominated me to do a nature photography challenge through Facebook so I went out today and took some photos around the place. Unfortunately, the lighting wasn’t the best and with the lack...
Money - It's a Hit
We got some new tires for the SUV today - saved $200 by using a guy I know through work, but still cost us over $600. And the government has decided that 2016 is a good year to stop regulating t...
Blest Be the Ties That Bind
On a lark, a few days ago I saw that 2 places near my hometown were looking for HR Generalists so I applied. I honestly didn’t expect it to go anywhere, but amazingly, one of them emailed me tod...
You Can Dip Your Foot in the Pool
I used to be a part of Open Diary and privately mourned its loss. I discovered it had gone the way of the dodo right around the same time my brother died of cancer - he had an account at OD, as ...
Book Description
Items that passed through my brain in 2016.
