Articles Tagged ‘Family’
Monday, April 18th, 2005
We talked about what was possible,doable and useful.
Should I fly to Canada?
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
The day dawns inappropriately bright. Snow covers the ground and the way is icy.
We arrive at the church
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
I'm back in Canada
Unfortunately it's to attend a funeral
On Friday night I checked my email and had a couple of cryptic messages ... call home/urgent and words to that effect
So I dug through my phone list and called home
Mom has ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
I still think of the old days occasionally. There were, thankfully, more good times than bad times. I realize that's almost an
Edie Brickell song.
The Old Days There have been a few changes ...
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Posted in About Me, Alumni, At the office, Before the PRC, Certification, ESL, Family, fitness, futility, Life outside of work, Living the dream, overseas living, Politics, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Travel, tropics, vacation | Comments Off on More good times than bad times
Saturday, February 26th, 2005
Wyatt and Jiji
Wyatt is our son and Jiji is our granddaughter
Jiji is four and a half years older than her uncle
Our son and our granddaughter
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
Grace and Jiji take on the wall
Last summer we took a trip to Phoenix
This area of the Great Wall is quite steep. Jiji managed to get to the top,but needed some coaxing to climb ...
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
My wife Emily and our son Wyatt
My wife Emily and our little boy Wyatt.
It's hard to believe he's almost a year old..
He's also four and a half years younger than his niece Jiji.
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
A montage of family
Family is the one constant in my life
As stressful as family can be it is also embracing and rejuvenating
Jiji is a gem. Although she can be a loud and stubborn little gem.
Wyatt is great but may be ...
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
After the Winter Course 2005
We'd just finished winter course and had some travel arranged ... we took off for Hainan. Hainan is in the south of China. Actually a tropical island. ... [Continue reading this entry]
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
I've been living and working in Asia for almost a decade.
Perhaps you'll find some of the tales interesting.
Perhaps you'll find some useful information.
Perhaps you can't sleep.
I've been living in Asia for a bit, originally ...
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Posted in A lasting gift, About Me, Asia, beach, communicate, Destinations, difference, Expats, Family, Life outside of work, tefl, Tesol certification, Travel | 3 Comments »