Down Home

by admin

in Reid

There is a language warning but I got to say these guys captured the basic Prince Edward Island personalities. Okay it might be a little bit exaggerated but then again, maybe not.

The Prince Edward Island Encyclopedia-Intelligence from Dominique Girouard on Vimeo.

{ 0 comments }

So Far So Good

by admin

in Reid

It has been a hectic year — mostly because this is the follow up year to my journey into understanding. A lot of the things I used to see now look a lot differently. Change is a good thing but no one really warns you that change changes all the thing around you from the food in your cupboards to the friends you hang out with to your hobbies.

Luckily, beauty remains beautiful.

by Moyan_Brenn under CC BY-ND  with wpseopix.com

.

I look the same but I don’t feel the same. I feel happier, lighter, more peaceful. I am still interesting in the human condition and love to know what people are doing and why.

My grandson Zak is 17 today and really it seems like I was 17 yesterday. That was a big year in my life. I dropped out of university and got married.

Seemed like a good idea at the time and the guy turned out to be a pretty good guy in many ways. We  just had nothing in common.

The first year we were married we lived on The Brandy Pots in the St. Lawrence River.

On the St. Lawrence River.
by douaireg under CC BY-SA  with wpseopix.com

.

The Brandy Pots were three islands at high tide and one larger island at low tide.

Vaughn Jellife

That is where I met Vaughn. She and her then-husband Larry were sailing along the St. Lawrence on the Redwing.

They docked at the Islands and since the only building on the 65 acres was the lighthouse where we lived, we met them.

Vaughn is still one of the very special people in my life and I will be mentioning her more here.

And of course, my then-husband and I had two wonderful children. Yes, being 17 was a wonderful time.

{ 0 comments }

Happy New Year 2012

December 31, 2011

This entire year just past has been all about change. Change your life, change your world. One of the things that has always puzzled me is how people can put up with unhappy situations. God knows, there are enough bad things that happen. I don’t think we need to add to negativity by staying stuck [...]

Read the full article →