So here it is, 5:30am, on this third day of 2013. I’m standing in the kitchen of the house in which I grew up, listening to the ticking of one of Mom’s clocks, the chime of the half hour from…
Author: Gwynne Monahan
The Year of New Experiences was quite the year. Some good, some bad and in the end: a foundation on which to build for 2013.
Everyone wants to go to lunch or dinner when I come, and I’m either asked “Where do you want to go” or “What do you want to eat?” The more time I spend in Canada, the easier this question is…
There’s a Shell Station catty corner to the bus stop, and every morning, and every evening, the price is different. Last night, for example, it was C$1.22/liter. This morning it is C$1.25/liter. For the life of me, I can’t figure…
Such is the view as the train pulls out of the station. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing #mountains. The train station in Stanwood is single platform. And small so there is no mistaking which train to…
This popped into my inbox: That service has been affected by a-service-disruption. You will now be traveling on alternate transportation over part or all of your trip. To speak to any Amtrak representative about alternate travel options call us at…
If you’ve never read The Oatmeal, start now. Today, it has a hilarious portray of Thanksgiving as a kid v. Thanksgiving as an adult. Every American who has celebrate Thanksgiving since they could walk totally understands the distinction. The Table…
I now have to make a distinction between Thanksgiving…Thanksgivings. There is Canadian Thanksgiving, in October, and US Thanksgiving at the more normal time of the fourth Thursday of November. The five weeks of November is throwing me off a bit…
Apologies for the lapse in blogging. I’ve been a bit sick lately. Bit out of it as a result. And enough so to have left work early on Halloween to go home and crash. And there is nothing quite like…
Snapped this while walking along Kits Beach in the rain. Apparently the rain has come late to Vancouver this year. Anyway. I’m fairly sure the cloud formation has a name. The mountains and ocean make for interesting cloud formations, as…