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map of port stanley showing the berm jutting out into the lake

The Berm – ImPort Stanley

January 28, 2022 / 6 Comments / ImPort Stanley, Photography

ImPort Stanley is weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.

If you’ve visited Little Beach, you might wonder why a large tract of land a parking lot away is just sort of sitting there. They’ve put in place some picnic areas made of boulders. Currently, the 23-acre patch is partly a photographer tripod platform, dog exercise area, and goose toilet. There are well-worn footpaths around the perimeter. On the water’s edge, it seems ripe for development. But its history offers clues into why that hasn’t happened yet and perhaps shouldn’t happen at all.

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Schoolhouse Hill – ImPort Stanley

January 14, 2022 / 2 Comments / ImPort Stanley, Photography

A weekly series about life and discoveries as a recent “import” to Port Stanley, ON.

My most frequent – and really only – complaint about living in Port Stanley is this darn hill!

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Miss Sugar stretched out on the grey couch with a clipart, red and white santa hat placed on her head

The Only One We Get

December 21, 2021 / 16 Comments / Animals, Personal Life, Photography

I’ve been truly gobsmacked over the sheer number of comments here and on social media about my alcoholism post. It amazes me that people respond so generously to an honest revelation about something that, not so long ago, brought me feelings of shame. But it’s when we reveal our flaws that we give others permission to do the same. We ought to learn this stuff in school. So, thank you for sharing your experiences and simply for being kind.

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When Older Eyes Are Smiling

December 7, 2021 / 7 Comments / Personal Life, Photography, Working

Sometimes, as a typical human, I ruminate about getting older, while also trying not to do the math. You know – the math on life expectancy and that sort of thing. Getting older is the goal, so mostly I’m damn grateful to be doing it.

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map showing Port Stanley south of St. Thomas on the north shore of Lake Erie

What Port Stanley Needs

October 5, 2021 / 6 Comments / Personal Life, Photography

We’ve lived in Port Stanley for 3 months. Three of the happiest months in a good, long while. We love it. This isn’t a complaint but an observation after doing our best to shop locally and talking to neighbours. Our town could use a few more businesses. I think they’d be hugely successful.

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My Mom wearing a Big Bang Theory apron that reads Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock, and making the Live-long-and-prosper hand signal from Star Trek

One Year Later

September 21, 2021 / 7 Comments / Personal Life, Photography

It’s one year to the day that cancer took our Mom. She was 80 and had been through a few years of treatments, hope, despair, pain, and ultimately, peace.

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close up of my Mom in her 40s with jet black hair

Mom Day

July 20, 2021 / 4 Comments / Personal Life, Photography

Today marks the 81st year of my Mother’s birth. It’s also 10 months less a day since she died.

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It’s Not Me, It’s You

June 29, 2021 / 5 Comments / Personal Life, Photography

One day last week, after wearing ourselves out doing moving stuff, Derek and I flopped in front of the TV for some Netflix. I picked a documentary on Norman Lear, the creative genius behind the biggest TV hits of the 70’s; All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc. The doc is called Just Another Version of You.

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All the Right Moves

June 22, 2021 / 7 Comments / Personal Life, Photography, Travel

When you’ve moved as often as we have in recent years, you learn to temper your expectations. Live in the moment. Perfection is unattainable. Something is bound to go wrong. Roll with it or lose your stomach lining!

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Derek on his red and grey tractor backing down from a pile of crushed asphalt, his blade pushing some of it

I’ll Miss (some of) This

June 15, 2021 / 6 Comments / Animals, Personal Life, Photography, Potpourri

Officially, we won’t be country bumpkins in three days. The big move-out is on Friday. Some straggling stuff will still need to be hoofed over to Port Stanley. But for all intents and purposes, on Friday we’re out.

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Sugar leaning on a soft-sided laptop case

Not Boxed In to My Chagrin

May 28, 2021 / 1 Comment / Animals, Photography

This week finds me quite disappointed, my little treat chompers, As Packarama 2021 continues, not one box has been left out for my amusement. Every box is built, filled, labelled and set aside. What’s a curious cat to do?

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Sugar curled up and sleeping with the caption Wake me when it's over!

Miss Sugar Returns (It Can Only Mean One Thing)

May 14, 2021 / 4 Comments / Animals, Personal Life, Photography

Greetings my little dumplings! Yes it’s me, your friendly supermodel furball, Miss Sugar. I’m coming back out of blogger retirement to share the craziest story of my life (so far).

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