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Category Archives: Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection
The Card Has Arrived
Today’s Perfect Moment was an easy one because it felt so good to open that envelope. My membership card for my cycling club finally came in the mail today. That alone is reason to celebrate. Couple that with a vast … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, clothes, cycling, cycling gear, Newmarket Eagles, nutrition, preparation
Tagged bicycyles, calories, clothes, clothing, cycling, cycling clothes, electrolytes, Hammer, Heed, Newmarket Eagles, nutrition, Perpetuem, riding, UV protection.
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Disappointment
Let’s just get it out of the way right from the beginning. There is no Perfect Moment today. Of course there is one, but it just cannot rise out of the gloom that my feelings are trapped in. Am I … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, disappointment, hockey, Maple Leafs, Stanley Cup, Toronto
Tagged disappointement, exit, fan, hockey, Maple Leafs, over, playoffs, rooting for, round one, Stanley Cup, Toronto
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What Trumps a Beautiful Sunrise
Red sky at night, sailors’ delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. I remember that line being uttered by James Garner in the movie The Great Escape. It has always stuck with me and in the morning I was … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, baking, bus, co-workers, commuting, cookies, Instagram, morning, photography, sunrise, sunset, Viva, York Region, YRT
Tagged baking, beuty, blogging, co-workers, cookies, Instagram, morning, photographs, photography, recommendations, sunrise, sunset, trumping the sunrise
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Attempting to Save my Afternoon
I really hoped that Today’s Perfect Moment would be the Toronto Maple Leafs advancing to the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. I even took pictures to that effect. Sadly, it will have to wait until Tuesday. If that … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beer, comfort food, ethnic food, food, food blogging, food shopping, hockey, Japanese snacks, Maple Leafs, Toronto
Tagged chips, comfort food, ethnic food, Guiness, hockey, inarizushi, Japanese food, Maple Leafs, pizza, results, Sour cream and onion, Stanley Cup Playoffs, stax, tofu, Toronto, TV
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The Easter Incident
I got to celebrate Easter and 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 uncle … 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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Taking It All In Stride
I was asked to Substitute on Thursday. Then the person requested a change and asked me to substitute Tuesday. On Monday, the person asked me to wait and see, only to come back later and say, maybe it could be … Continue reading
Posted in adapting, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, confidence, conflict resolution, confrontation, decisions, patience, problem solving, problems, relationships, relaxation, starting a blog
Tagged best of blogs, dealing with it, decision making, gems, patience, relaxing, taking it easy, taking it in stride, unearthed gems
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The Trees at Dawn
Today’s Perfect Moment was seeing the sunrise just begin as I walked to the bus stop. It had been a long winter and this was the first day that I boarded the bus with a small amount of sunlight. Could … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, fighting, morning, photography, public transportation, sun, sunrise, transportation, Viva, York Region, YRT
Tagged bus, dawn, fight, morning, sunrise, trees, Viva, Viva Blue, Yonge street, York Region transit, YRT
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When My Memory Surprises Me
When I was a kid, watching afterschool TV with my sisters, we had an unwritten competition surrounding some of those classic TV shows. I am talking about the Brady Bunch or Gilligan’s Island or possibly My Three Sons. These shows … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, knowledge, memory, nostalgia, siblings, television, trivia, TV
Tagged episodes, Gilligan's Island, golden age of TV, Happy Days, Hogan's Heroes, Jeopardy, Joanie Loves Chachi, My Three Sons, One Day at a Time, Scene It, television, the Brady Bunch, trivia, TV
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In the Classroom
There was a light cascade of snow to complicate and complement my early morning walk to the bus stop. Its drops were so fine only the light from the streetlamps illuminated it. Rather than get bogged down in thoughts of … Continue reading
Posted in adapting, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, ESL, lessons, Mondays, students, teaching
Tagged climate change, EC, ESL, execution, global warming, homesick, homework, lesson plan, Monday, snow, students, teaching, teaching writing, writing class
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Over Easy
Cooking shows have come a long way since the early days of television. I especially remember Wok with Yan on Canadian TV. It was a much simpler time and so different from things like Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef, and the … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, breakfast, comfort, comfort food, cooking, food blogging, omelette, recipe
Tagged comfort food, cooking, easy, eggs, flipping an omelette, Hell's Kitchen, Iron Chef, kitchen, omelet, omelette, The Great British Baking show, Top Chef, Wok with Yan
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