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The Easter Incident
I got to celebrate Easter and a experience an exhilarating moment of sheer panic at the same time. It would be hard to call it Today’s Perfect Moment, but my nephews insisted that I write about it. What kind of … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cars, celebration, comfort food, driving, Easter, family, food, turkey
Tagged accident, cars, dinner, driving, Easter, family, fibbage, food, friends, get together, hockey, humble pie, NHL, playoffs, tow truck, turkey, winch
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So That’s What 900 Feels Like
It wasn’t until after I finished writing the blog–several hours after–that I realized I had hit a kind of milestone. The last blog was my 900th blog. I know, I know, 1000 is the milestone and 900 is just the … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, celebration, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, milestones, smile, starting a blog, writing
Tagged blog, blog posts, blogging, celebration, followers, greatest hits, posts, recommendations, writing
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Catching Up (part one)
First and foremost, I just want to reassure my faithful readers that I have not given up blogging. I am still really into this. I am still committed to this. In addition to reassuring my faithful readers, I must also … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cleaning, compensation, pizza
Tagged bills, cold pizza, early, filing, Hilton, late, mayhem, Mississauga, philately, pizza, stamp show, taxes
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The Chair Chronicles
What led to this? Battered and scarred, and past your prime, definitely. You’ve been put out to pasture to await your final resting heap. In my vision you were the chair upon which unread stories and chronicles were woven, rather … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, achievement, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blogging, blogposts, brainstorming, creative, creativity, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, inspiration, inspiring, office furniture, writing
Tagged artist, blog, blog posts, blogger, chair, desk, disposed, furniture, garbage, garbage truck, goals, growing your blog, increasing traffic, inspiration, office, put out to pasture, writer, writing
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Peeling Back Time
Several years ago I was at the Sunfest (a fantastic free world music festival) in London, Ontario and spotted one of my favourite professors. I wanted to go and talk to him, tell him about his great teaching, and how … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, class, compliments, ESL, memory, nostalgia, students, teaching, university, UWO
Tagged Carmichael, correcting students, English, ESL, incredible, London, memory, nostalgia, Ontario, recognition, remembering, reminisce, students, Sunfest, teacher's room, teaching
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Some Life Updates–Whether you want them or not
Just thought I would catch you up on the things happening with me. Readers of this blog and people following my Instagram will know that I have often posted pictures of sunrises. In the summer months, my walk to the … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, achievement, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, commuting, construction, construction equipment, construction machines, cycling, Exodus, Exodus Travels, life, lifestyle, photography, sleep, Viva, York Region, YRT
Tagged Argentina, bicycles, bike tour, burrito, Chile, commute, cycling, Exodus Travels, guitar player, John Denver, Leavin on a jet plain, Oxford short introductions, pizza, procrastination, subway, sunrise, sunset, Viva, York Region, YRT
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Setting the Alarm
And so the long weekend is over. I suppose I should question whether I used my time well. I suppose I should ask myself if I could have spent the day any better. I suppose I could have. I could … Continue reading
I wish I Had Had The Time To Stop And Smell the Vegetables
Distance 63.33 km Elevation Gain 547 m Time 2h 53m I am not sure how I managed it, but I got out of bed and on the bike in time to make the Eagles Saturday morning ride. My work week … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, achievement, adventure, adversity, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, cycling, exercise, fitness, Holland Marsh, Newmarket Eagles, strava
Tagged bicycles, cycling, exercise, fitness, fixing, flat tire, Holland Marsh, morning ride, Newmarket Eagles, strava, training
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Advice from the Family
I am not sure how it came up, but my family were talking about my blog. Of course, they weren’t talking to me, but amongst themselves. While they weren’t being critical, they were expressing their opinion about the topics of … Continue reading →