Blue skies. Sun. Gentle breeze. Mountains. Softball field. Just as I envisioned Vancouver to be.
Author: Gwynne Monahan
In my quest to meet people, I have acquired a Social Dictator, and joined req leagues of some office mates. The basketball req league hasn’t worked out well, mainly because I joined before I knew I would be moving sooner…
Hearing snippets of conversations in different languages on the bus, walking around Vancouver, reminds me of my first two instances of hearing a foreign language in a non-academic environment.
This has been rolling around in my head for awhile now. Monet paintings are composed of thousands, perhaps millions, of tiny dots. From a distance, it is beautiful. Up close, it’s downright ugly. This seems to apply to a number…
Last week, I think, some of my office mates were abuzz with the grand opening of a new IKEA in Richmond. Richmond is a suburb of Vancouver. Think of, say, Schaumburg, Illinois. Easiest and best way to get there is…
I’ve had a little trouble wrapping my head around this concept of “mandatory health insurance.” While I get the idea, and after first hand experience of the mess of American health care, I’ve been curious how “mandatory health care” works.…
Some of my workmates took me out Friday night. I confess I’ve been hesitant to establish non-working relationships with workmates. Tricky business sometimes, and I also always had family and close friends to rely on, hang out with and otherwise…
Good day for a walk to downtown Vancouver to check out the furniture at the Sears, which is closing later this year. Found two tables: one round. One square. Any thoughts?
The book chronicles the music industry from about the 50s on through the Wrecking Crew, which played on an awful lot of popular, famous, award-winning songs. A theme throughout the book is change. Perhaps adaptation is a better word.
Yep. There are no turnstiles to board the trains. I found this rather peculiar at first. Still do. There’s no incentive to purchase a ticket, except to avoid harsh penalties if you get caught by a Translink cop. Translink trains…