Today's feature image is of our first snowfall in the Valley (there's been lots in the mountains already). Driving in the first snowfall is always interesting. Many people have waited just a wee bit too long to get their snow tires. Not me. My husband took care of that little detail a couple of weeks …
It’s incredibly easy to put on weight as you get older and increasingly difficult to lose it. Those little treats here and there start to add up to ounces and pounds,usually appearing exactly where you don’t want them. The women in my family used to joke that they have to give up eating completely to …
Today started cold as Yogi Rikki arrived for our 9:00 am session of stretch and floor work with blocks, straps and balls. I’ve come to really appreciate the work we do with these props. The balls in particular settle in deeply and begin working below the skin, stretching muscles and kick-starting nerves in legs, glutes, …
Family is a complicated topic. Maybe you have a large family or maybe small, mine is just right. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about family recently as events unfold in the lives of mine. My Dad has been in a managed care facility for over 5 years now. He smiles all the time …
While I was in Toronto recently, I paused for a few hours to have lunch at my favourite restaurant, Joso’s at the intersection of Avenue Road and Davenport. A lovely, romantic spot, famous for its Dalmatian Coast cuisine. Today's feature image was taken at Joso's. Here's the link to Joso's I started with a simple …
I’ve been gone about two weeks and now I’m back in my little mountain town. Yesterday woke up to a beautiful orange and red sunrise as viewed from my east facing bed. Now I sit in my great room thinking about the days ahead this week. There is frost on the glass of my deck’s …
I wrote this last year, just before a trip to Toronto. Reading it now makes me cry and I'm sorry if that makes you uncomfortable and you wish I'd just stop already. Shut it down, go ahead, give me that"special look"or that rude signal you use when you've had enough and think everyone else has …
Hello, it’s been awhile, I thought I should update you on what’s going on here in my wee bit of paradise in the Canadian Rockies. I'm sitting in my office. The feature picture is the view to my left, out the window - There is full on green trees now with the snow capped Lizard …
Big fat flakes of snow are falling slowly in my little town - each one beautiful and unique just like you. Inside it’s toasty warm as our heating system struggles to keep up with the ever falling outside temperatures - baby it’s cold out there and icy and slippery. I haven’t been outside much this …
Happiness? I google the question "what does it feel like to be really happy?” Such a basic emotion to some has mostly always seemed just beyond my grasp. But I felt it yesterday. I felt a real smile spread across my face. Yesterday I got an email that confirmed to me in black and white …