New Brunswick

harvest Photos by VickyTH. Rooting through boxes of junk in the basement and sorting through old photos brings back all sorts of memories. John and I were discussing New Brunswick the other day, specifically in reference to the Fundy Footpath, a trail we hiked together on the Labour Day weekend of 2000. We both agreed…

My daughter is an alien

Or at least, she has alien friends. Yesterday I caught her bopping to Madonna on her toddler tape deck. She had found “True Blue” (Yes I own a copy. I was a teenager once too, remember?) and was busy grooving to “Where’s the Party?”. Probably largely my fault, as I had been tidying out that…

Foundations

Foundations Photos by VickyTH. Strange how aptly named this photo is. Not only is it of the foundations of a church (click on the photo for more information), but is also the basis for the first of my pieces for next year’s show. I’ve got the layout of the background basically done and am now…

Homesick

exploits Photos by Vicky & John. Lately I’ve been craving Exploits (n.b. Exploits is “Exploits Islands”, two islands in Notre Dame Bay, formerly joined to each other by a bridge and 9 miles from the mainland. We have a house there.). I know this is a case of, “well, you should have thought of that…

On gauntlets and inadequacies…..

Lately I’ve been wandering though my life feeling hopelessly inadequate and basically perceiving myself as a failure. Lest you think this is going to be a whiney entry, let me reassure you – it’s not. I’m actually starting to come to grips with the fact that my life is neither hopelessly inadequate nor an abysmal…