The very first movie I ever saw in a theater was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I must have been six or seven when Disney released this classic animated feature. I remember getting all dressed up sitting in the dark, watching the Seven Dwarfs...
Brutal Canadian winters become a distant memory when temperatures hit the high 30's (Celsius). For the last couple of days the city has been wrapped in a thick blanket of hot air; causing sweat to pour out of every crevice, even when I’m sitting still....
You know that feeling you get when you are riding a roller coaster? Fear and excitement rolled together! Screaming for your life in terror, and so excited you want to hurl! That pretty much sums up how I feel about my upcoming camping trip. I...
S-N-A-K-E, just saying the word makes my skin crawl. When I was 6, I rushed home from Sunday school with a full bladder. Making a mad dash to the bathroom I was just about to sit down when out of the corner of my eye...
I kept a journal as a kid, which I poured all my teenage angst into. Anger, gossip, heartbreaks, embarrassing moments, the best days and the worst days of my teenage years all recorded. The pages of my journals were a jumbled mess of thoughts and...
I am off to New York for a couple of days, packing my copy of A Walk in New York, Up & Down New York and This is New York, my official travel guides to the big city. I am leaving plenty of room in my...
Annie and I both tower over our mom; petite in stature she is feisty and full of energy. No matter how much I have grown over the years, I still look up to her. I meant to post this blog last Sunday for Mother’s Day,...
Last summer we drove miles and miles and refilled the gas tank so we could drive miles and miles more (and this was after traveling by train and Greyhound bus) to go see The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. This museum has been...
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With their very long ears, bilbies look like a cross between a rabbit and a mouse, and are sadly endangered. To bring awareness to this species, Australians have marketed bilbies as a native alternative to the Easter Bunny by selling chocolate Easter Bilbies, which is...