Rachel’s Ashes

Today my 23 year-old daughter would have turned 27. She loved to travel. In her final days her dad asked, “How about mum and I take your ashes with us wherever we travel, so you can keep traveling too?” She nodded.  Yes. Rachel’s Ashes is a slideshow of the places she now lives. A legacy…

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Oh, Sandy

We all have memories of life-changing moments in history. Remember when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon? When the planes hit the Twin Towers? In December, 1980 a bunch of us came to New York City. It was two days after the shooting death of John Lennon. I remember it well. Now, after Sandy’s onslaught,…

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Living the Life of Riley?

Sometimes our past is done before our future seems quite ready. ~ Julia Cameron Four months have passed since my return to Canada and a decidedly wonderful way of living, without routine or constraints, continues to be my daily blessing. Some say I’m living the dream. I call it the second dream (the first was…

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