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Why We Want to Sail
We traded a conventional life in Ottawa for the dream of raising our children aboard a sailboat — even though I had never sailed.
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COVID Arrives in Grenada
Reflections on how COVID changed daily life in Grenada — panic buying, toilet-paper guilt, and clashing views on vaccines and freedom.
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Waiting for Gonzalo
Tropical storm, hurricane, TROF, tropical wave. Gonzalo. Here we are in Grenada. “When does it start?” our 12-year old son Paul asks. The timing, strength and location of the upcoming storm, Gonzalo, has been on our minds for several days. Preparing and protecting our boat has been stressful. But, we push on because a storm doesn’t care. A storm doesn’t care if you are tired, hungry, sick, need to brush your teeth, or prefer to work in the shade. A storm will arrive like an unwelcome guest whenever it wants, and perch right over your bed, if it wants to.…
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Homeschooling four kids: teaching my nine-year old twins about world history
As a parent to four active children, I know about noise. One of my solutions to the mind-numbing chaos is to divide and conquer. I read aloud to two or three of them from a good book, while my husband, Rick, tutors the other one or two. The series I’m about to recommend are history books told as stories. This is not a paid advertisement, I’m writing this blog post because I really like the books. They tell fantastic stories. And, who doesn’t love a good story? This week, my twins and I were transported back in time. “I wonder…