If you get a year older and nobody notices, do you still age? One of the main activities that users engage in on Facebook is wishing people on their friends' list a "Happy Birthday." It's often cited as an actual…
My current mantra. This is what’s getting me through the day. This is what’s getting this post online. I know it's not a new idea, but it's resonating with me now. I read it in a blog post on The…
My alma mater put out a request for Alumni to handwrite some encouraging postcards that can then be given to students throughout the school year. This I can do. I don’t have money to donate, but words? I’ve got a…
A year ago today, Bee and I boarded a plane in Edmonton, Alberta, with a carry-on bag each and four 50-lb boxes in the cargo hold: the sum total of all of our worldly possessions. In the days and weeks…
I cannot remember the last time I was at a Remembrance Day ceremony. It must have been in Elementary School? But today is the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. And that seems like something worth paying attention to.…