I find inanimate objects can hold a whole story and an entire set of memories.When I was at school, I had a soft pink shirt that my friend Nancy and I called "the kissing shirt" because anyone who wore it would be so irrisistable that she would be kissed. That shirt got borrowed by so … [Read more...]
My Favourite Moments
There were many amazing experiences in 2011 and a few of them I was even able to capture on film. So, here is a review of my favourite moments from 2011 and a wish for even more in 2012!This is my favourite photo of 2011. It is of my niece in February when I visited them in the UK. I am SO thrilled … [Read more...]
With Her Two Hands
My wife's step-bubbie passed away this week, and the whole family is abuzz trying to get to frozen Milwaukee in time for the funeral. Ali's Bubbie Gittel was a tried and true Wisconsinite and raised a wonderful family of whom she could be proud. While I only met Gittel in the latter part of her … [Read more...]
My friend’s a SuperMom! She drove all night for Bieber…
This story warmed my heart! My friend, Maria, lives in my hometown of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Last Friday she found out that Justin Bieber was performing in Toronto on November 23d. Her girls are HUGE JB fans, of course. What did she do? She packed up the family and … [Read more...]
Behind That Door
There's a room in my mind, behind a strong, locked door. A room full of memories and loss. A room made for grieving. A room I'm not ready to enter. Not just yet.But that door, it beckons me. Irresistibly. Everyday thoughts, images and sounds bring me rushing towards it, and in an instant I'm … [Read more...]
I Remember
I've spent a lot of time lately looking at pictures, old and new, mostly of my Mom at various stages of her life: in childhood, as a young adult, as a young mother, and throughout the years of my own and my sisters' childhoods and coming of age, until the photographic record chronicles my mother's … [Read more...]
Oh the Times They Are a-Tryin’
You know, my Mom has always been a great one for folk wisdom. And one of the sayings she was always fond of is this: you have to take the good with the bad. Which I always thought was backwards. Didn't she mean that although life was generally good, you had to accept that some bad things will … [Read more...]
3:00am
Yup. That's right. Last night I got home at THREE in the morning. What was I thinking? I am totally paying the price today. But I just couldn't leave 'cause I was hanging out with an old High School pal and it had been years. Way. Too. Long. It's really funny though that when you've been good … [Read more...]
Feeling Nostalgic
I was a teen in the 80's (see proof in the pic to the left). I spent my youth listening to what is now considered "retro" or "classic" - ouch. Of course, I moved on as did music but sometimes I am reminded of my wonderfully amazing and confusing coming of age years. I am thrown … [Read more...]