This is my mother, Joan. 

I have always had a close relationship with my mother, and she has been hugely influential in my life. In fact, as I pored over photos of her for this blog,…

I have had the opportunity over the last five years to visit the East Coast of Canada three times. Our very first visit was to Cape Breton Island of Nova Scotia and this was undoubtedly the most memorable one for…

Since spring remains elusive on the Saskatchewan Prairies (and other places across Canada, for that matter!) I needed to boost my spirits by reviewing photos of some of the most beautiful gardens I have had the pleasure of visiting over…

It's been a long since I had been to African Lion Safari: since my kids were little and we were living in Ontario. But when a business trip took me back to the province in 2014 close to its…

In December 2017 I took a short course by New York Times Bestselling Author Michael Hyatt about goal setting. The idea was to choose 7-10 specific goals for the year from 10 broad domains: spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical, marital,…