Almost immediately after the WHO called the pandemic in March, we began self-isolation as best we could. It was March Break, and we hadn’...

Lisbon Cemetery to Carmel-Koch Road at the Nith River: 10k In my last post about the Avon Trail, late last fall, I wrote about entering t...

I’ve just written “Day 71” on the daily journal I’m keeping since our household went into lockdown. I call my journal “Life in a time of ...

How are you all doing out there in IsolationLand? Have you managed the physical distancing part of this pandemic? We’re coping in our hou...

I’ve been planning to walk the Camino for 10 years, but have really ramped up my research and plans in the past two years. There are many...

I recently saw a top 10 list of things to do in Northern Ireland. Sites such as the Giant’s Causeway, the Dark Hedges, Carrick-a-Rede bri...

Some days, it takes a lot to make it through the day. And then, sometimes, I wonder why the universe is smiling on me so much. Lately, I’...

You may have noticed some radio silence from me in the past month or so. Truth is, my family and I went on our first family vacation in a...

I've spent most of the year, off and on, copy editing and proofreading this book. It just got published, and I feel that sense of pride I...

I read Room to Write by Bonni Goldberg, last year. This was the exercise on p. 134: make a list of truths, one for every year of your cur...

These November days remind me of winter in England. Those perfect winter days when the frost settles on the bushes, but it’s not too cold...

Forest Road outside Stratford to Lisbon Cemetery: 22k This is my last hike likely this year. I have done 72k of the 113k of the Avon Trai...

Perth-Oxford Road, near Line 113, to Forest Road at Hwy 7, Stratford: 20k Another October Sunday full of sunshine, brightly coloured fore...

Wildwood Conservation Area to Perth-Oxford Rd., near Line 113: 16k This is the third instalment about my walk on the Avon Trail, a 113-ki...

St. Mary’s to Wildwood Conservation Area: 14km At 113 kilometres, the Avon Trail winds from St. Mary’s to Conestogo. I’m practicing for w...

I threw my own party for my 40th birthday – a bona fide ceilidh complete with caller, live band and lots of friends and family. My daught...

Recently, Facebook reminded me of my Irish in-laws’ last trip to Canada, 10 years ago. There were pictures of my parents, looking so much...

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