Someone asked me last week if my husband and I have weekends away. My answer was, no, our weekends are full of hockey for our kids. From September pretty much through June, including Spring hockey. I was thinking back to when I was a kid, and my parents would take my sisters and I for … Continue reading Getaway
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Soap and a Hockey Stick
Soap, something that I am sure many of us take for granted: a means to clean ourselves. I had a soap gifted to me yesterday. This isn’t just ordinary soap though. It is from a soap shop in Lebanon. This shop has been producing soap for 500 years. Mine is in the shape and appearance … Continue reading Soap and a Hockey Stick
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I lived in the Netherlands for a year and visited the Anne Frank House 5 times. At the school I attended, some of the kids there told me they had never been. It seems that most of us don’t visit or explore attractions and sites ~ historic, cultural or otherwise, that are in our own … Continue reading Explore
Quiet in Chaos
I kind of loathe arcade places. I didn’t grow up with video games. I never spent time in arcades, and now that I have two boys – and a husband who did enjoy this pastime while growing up, I have been a few times. It just feels dark, loud, usually dirty and seems an odd … Continue reading Quiet in Chaos
Expanding Horizons
We were on a holiday last week and I was reminded how good it feels to step out of my own corner of the world and experience different horizons. It is refreshing to get away, not only from the routine but to see places that are just different from home. We were in Los Angeles … Continue reading Expanding Horizons
Devon Mcfadden 