I was getting claustrophobic from being confined to my home for the past two weeks, so the drive to North Vancouver last Friday was a welcomed change. During my hibernation, I wrote about some of the pain and sadness in the following stories: (click on each to view) Dear Connie has Passed Away story …
Category: Friends
A Brainstorm
Today, Suzette is getting ready for the next scene in her life story and the set is an operating room at Lions Gate Memorial Hospital, in North Vancouver. You may remember that I wrote about her in a blog last December. Suzette had been rushed to Vancouver General Hospital and was awaiting brain surgery. They…
Dear Connie has Passed Away
This morning, my dear friend Connie MacLean passed away peacefully. I kept her illness confidential at her request, although her closest friends knew of her illness these past several months. Ralph, her son, called me to give the sad news. I told him that I wanted to write a story about her but would need…
Birthday Greetings from LaConner
I began my day at 2:33 am, when Holly Golightly, my dog, woke me from a beautiful dream. I was surprised that the scene of me winning a considerable lottery didn’t happen. But my disappointment didn’t last long – because Holly’s tail was wagging like she hadn’t seen me in three weeks. I can’t imagine…
Moonlight, S’mores & Spit
‘Living in the dark ages’ has always been a favorite ‘comeback’ for millennials to say when asked a reasonable question by an elder. So when I read the Bellingham Trails Meetup notice about an upcoming ‘moonlight and s’mores walk, on the shores of the Semiahmoo Spit this week, I was both confused and intrigued. Am…
