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You Can't Fix Stupid Don't you ever wonder if people have any sense at all, never mind common sense? The other day, approximately 9pm the train's whistle blew for a long,...	416	23	0	May 2018	Jan 13	Jan 16
The Travelling Sofa While out riding my bike the other day, I think I mentioned the sofa that someone had dumped in the middle of the gravel road. When I saw it, I laughe...	101	6	1	Jan 11	Jan 12	Jan 17
"9!!!" Christmas decorations always came down on Jan 6th - twelfth night and my ex's birthday. Last Sunday I had mentally prepared for the packing away of al...	122	13	0	Jan 9	Jan 11	4 hrs ago
Trainmen I remember standing by the train tracks as a little girl, counting the box cars as they chugged by, waiting to cross to the park and beach on the othe...	123	20	0	Jan 5	Jan 6	Jan 16
Your Beliefs Don't Make You A Better Person.... The other day, one of my friends posted the following on their wall: "Your beliefs don't make you a better person - your behavior does." For me, t...	1,108	77	2	Jun 4	Jan 6	7 hrs ago
Wet The start of the New Year and I've had to hit the ground running, with orders for photos. I'm always pleasantly surprised when people ask for copies o...	205	24	1	Jan 3	Jan 5	7 hrs ago
US Government Needs to Step Into THIS Century The end of the year and, as usual, the stupid US border patrol has deemed that everyone has to file an electronic manifest. Okay, that's not a problem...	120	6	0	Dec 28	Dec 28	Jan 16
Canadian GoFundMe Raises $6B In Two Hours To Pay For Privacy Hedge Along Entire US Border	89	0	1	Dec 27	Dec 27	8 hrs ago

Finding Purpose As usual, the fall has been crazy busy with work and no time for much of anything but either preparing for it, or working. It's a fun but exhausting t...	164	6	0	Dec 16	Dec 27	Jan 16
Big FAT Liar I see twitter and other social media sites were all aflutter with the White House Occupant's latest racist, LYING ad. It's unbelievable to me how gull...	623	41	1	Nov 1	Nov 11	Jan 13
Importing Stray Pets from Other Countries The other day I was reading how someone was bringing a stray home from the country they were visiting. What? We don't have enough unwanted pets here i...	174	14	0	Oct 31	Nov 3	5 hrs ago
Dealing With Stress Although I'd promised myself to do more walking, this morning found me out on my bike again. As it wasn't raining or windy, I chose to hop on my bike...	87	2	0	Nov 3	Nov 3	Jan 12
A Long Haul As rain becomes our weather forecast du jour, I've traded in my bike for my hiking boots. Not that I'm hiking, per se, just out walking, but they're c...	116	7	0	Nov 1	Nov 2	Jan 16
Is It Soup Yet? Do you remember the commercial Lipton's put out in the 1970's for their 'instant' soup? I believe it was a little kid that asked the 'Mom' - is it sou...	167	8	0	Oct 30	Oct 31	Jan 15
Puppies on Cliff - Rescued! On Saturday evening, a member of a local hiking group fb page posted a desperate plea for help in getting two dogs off a cliff ledge. According to the...	189	19	0	Oct 29	Oct 31	Jan 14
Surprising Enterprise Now that the rains have returned in earnest, it's time for me to do all those inside chores and other things I've been putting off. Two weeks of nothi...	176	12	0	Oct 28	Oct 29	19 hrs ago
Kitten Rescue After coming home yesterday morning, opting not to sit in the pouring rain at the market, I edited some photos and puttered around the house as the ra...	216	15	0	Sep 17	Sep 19	Jan 14
Getting Used to Retirement Well, that was a waste of time and gas this morning. I was up at 5:15am, made my lunch, heated up some soup, filled my thermos, made breakfast and had...	217	11	0	Sep 16	Sep 17	6 hrs ago
Exhilaration! Have you ever done something and felt totally exhilarated afterwards? This morning was one of those mornings for me. This week has been overcast and y...	205	8	1	Sep 14	Sep 15	Jan 14
The Games People Play My business requires me to cross the border twice a week to mail orders out in the U.S. I do this as the product doesn't get hung up in customs and it...	222	15	0	Sep 13	Sep 13	Jan 16
Drama Ploys Most of the time, when reading posts, I can gauge whether or not a person is just venting and wants some attention, or wants a solution to their probl...	393	24	0	Sep 9	Sep 12	Jan 13

It'll Be The Death of Me What does one do on an overcast day? Well, you can do all the things indoors that you've been putting off, or, if you're me, you get in the car to fin...	304	9	2	Sep 9	Sep 9	20 hrs ago
Banner Days Ever have one of those days where you're really busy and eating seems to be something you cram in on your way to somewhere else? Well, I have lots of...	112	0	1	Sep 7	Sep 7	Jan 12
That's a Wrap! Waking to smokey skies yet again, I decided to head out to another community to ride my bike, hopefully under clear skies. I'm beyond fed up with the...	253	24	1	Sep 6	Sep 7	49 mins ago
Soup's On! Monday night at the BBQ for the executive for photo club, I indulged in a half cup of coffee. Oh yeah, not a good thing. I got home about 11pm, totall...	244	23	1	Aug 29	Sep 7	5 hrs ago
Waste Not - Want Not I often wonder if we change as we age, or we just find our true core values and follow those instead of trying to please others? I was brought up as a...	200	14	1	Sep 5	Sep 6	Jan 13
Unzipped Don't you love it when you find you can put more into a day? Due to my low iron count, my ability to cram my day full has been severely compromised. I...	263	24	0	Sep 3	Sep 5	Jan 11
Juicy Details Years ago, I'd purchased a juicer and recipe book on juicing. The book included those combinations of fruits and vegetables that would address differe...	237	17	1	Sep 2	Sep 3	Jan 13
Escape Artists Anyone that's ever had a farm and farm animals has probably had at least one escape artist amongst their animals. This morning, riding early in th...	234	18	0	Aug 31	Sep 1	Jan 12
Male Drama Makers Although women are traditionally blamed for drama, Monday night proved that men can be just as big, or bigger drama queens. Monday was the BBQ for...	283	15	0	Aug 29	Aug 30	Jan 12
Addiction! Getting a Fix After my 45 mile ride last week, I noticed that I've increased my speed and pushed up my bike to a higher gear. Previous to the ride, I was riding at...	212	17	0	Aug 24	Aug 27	Jan 17

Streetwalkin': Resorting to the Resort One of my clients stopped by my house to pick up some product yesterday and advised me that it was smokier where I lived than in Harrison, at the lake...	252	18	0	Aug 22	Aug 23	Jan 12
Dreaded Phone Calls One of the most dreaded phone calls you get are from the doctor's office after you've had a battery of tests. Friday I went in to have all my blood wo...	294	17	0	Aug 21	Aug 22	Jan 13
Evacuation Alert Waking to the acrid smell of smoke and the tic, tic, tic of the blinds against the window sill, I dreaded what today would bring. The wil...	393	28	0	Aug 20	Aug 21	Jan 13
StreetWalkin': Playing for Notes On Friday, I headed down to Fairhaven in the U.S. to take my bike in for it's 10 hour check up. Needless to say, I have ridden far more than 10 hours,...	238	11	1	Aug 19	Aug 19	Jan 14
Neighbours from He** It's no wonder my blood pressure is high with a-hole noisy neighbours. Last weekend, there was a festival all weekend with pounding bass until 4am Thu...	339	34	0	Aug 6	Aug 19	50 mins ago
Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd As wildfires rampage throughout my province and it being declared a state of emergency with over 600 burning, the one 10 km from me has created a thic...	333	32	0	Aug 18	Aug 18	Jan 14
Cough Hack Spontaneity Coming home from the doctor's, I'm a bit peeved that all he could do was look at the times my blood pressure was high in the past two weeks, and not a...	234	14	0	Aug 15	Aug 17	Jan 16
Zucchini, Biking, and More Zucchini! Today's 'D' day - or better known as the day I return to my doctor for him to give me a physical and check my blood pressure readings. Fortunately, fo...	219	24	0	Aug 15	Aug 15	Jan 11
Stuck!! Smoke from a forest fire 6 miles away is so thick you can almost bite the air and chew it, if you could inhale enough air not to choke on the smell. Y...	230	17	0	Aug 14	Aug 15	Jan 10
StreetWalker: Working the Market Yesterday I was vending at the White Rock Farmer's Market - a highly popular beach community and where I lived while my daughter was growing up. As I...	298	21	0	Aug 13	Aug 14	Jan 17
My Day on the Street After a very busy week, I've finally been able to go through my photos of my street photography sojourn to Vancouver. I'll just post the pics and add...	283	22	0	Aug 11	Aug 12	3 hrs ago

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