As I predicted in my last blog, we are back from the country with flybites, slight sunburns, and adventures to report. We are very fortunate to have unlimted use of my parents' cabin, about 45 minutes outside of town, what friends in more upscale places would call "lakefront property" (we call it "on a pond"), …
It’s July 1 …
Just a quick moment to write a hasty entry before we pull out of the driveway and head up to the country. I will be offline all weekend ... not even an internet cafe in sight! We're going to my parents' cabin for the Canada Day long weekend, so if you're Canadian, or even if …
Happy Birthday (Now You’re 64)!
My aunt Ruth and uncle Bob are visiting from Tennessee. Since their visit coincides with Ruth's birthday, my mom and dad hosted the whole family for dinner at their house last night. One of many good things I will say for my family is that they like to celebrate and they know how to mark …
Today I Did Not Throw Up
...but it was a near thing, I'll tell you.I took the kids to Thomas Amusments (for those who aren't local, this is a little travelling fair with ride that migrates around Newfoundland all summer, spending a few weeks in every mall parking lot). They were eager to take me on a ride they went on …
Enterprise Education
Technically, I'm a social studies teacher, although it's my second subject area and I've done much more teaching in my first area, which is English. But as far as the government of Newfoundland is concerned, I'm more or less qualified to teach any course on the social studies curriculum. So far I've only ever had …
Ain’t it Good to be Back Home Again…
Jennifer and I drove back this morning from our weekend in Eastport. Eastport is one of the most beautiful places in Newfoundland, which by default makes it one of the most beautiful places in the world. I have been going out there in June for the Writers' Guild retreat every year since the early 90s; …
A Quick Hi From Eastport
Much to my surprise, I am posting from Eastport. Eastport, for those who don't know it, may be one of the last places on earth without reliable cellphone access, and the White Sails Inn, where the Writers' Guild always stays, doesn't even have a regular phone in the building. The nearest phone is a good …
Funny … isn’t it?
After two sappy end-of-school-year posts this week, I promised to be light and witty. I'm about to head out to Eastport for my annual and long-anticipated writers' retreat, so to tide my faithful readers (Hi Mom! Hi Dad!) over the weekend, I thought I'd post something funny.Except then I started to wonder about what's funny.A …
I’ll Miss You, Dead Rats and All
(Yes, I was sappy in my last blog and I’m going to be sappy in this one. Deal with it. I promise to be light and witty sometime in the future.) Today I picked Emma up from daycare. She was almost in tears; this was her last day at the daycare where she's gone for …
Next Stop, Morning Town
I think we all know that I am not one of those Weepy Mommies. Not like a friend of mine who recently confessed that her son started crying about Kindergarten coming to an end, and she began crying too, and they lay on the bed in each others' arms weeping because he is moving to …
Hypergraffiti 