Tag Archives: travel

19
Dec

Christmases Past

I’ve spent a few hours this week reflecting on how fortunate I am. Period. I suppose this kind of thinking is natural when one has (finally) a holiday, which comes with time and space for deeper thinking.    by  CanadianAEh  This … Continue reading →

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29
Mar

Yesterday: Existential Migration

I posted this on Facebook and Twitter last night, but was too tired to write about it at that moment, so I’m writing about it today. Last night, my friend Aimee (also my new personal trainer) posted this Wikipedia link with the simple comment “Yes… Continue reading →

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2
Mar

Travel

Today someone said to me, “You travel a lot, don’t you?” “Well,” I responded, “it all depends on how you define ‘a lot’.” You see, I am a teacher. I get a lot of holidays, as teachers in most parts of the world do. It’s true: I travel much more th… Continue reading →

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15
Feb

Postcard reminders

My grandmother turned 85 in January. She doesn’t have much beyond a grade school education yet she is one of the smartest people I know. She didn’t have her first airplane ride until she was well into her 40s, and she once told me she never though… Continue reading →

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14
Jan

Today is Monday, and being in between is good

I lost Sunday completely somewhere between Vancouver and Hong Kong. Did it arrive as we sailed over Alaska? Or were we closer to Japan? Did Sunday end as we flew quietly over Korea’s skies? I’ll never know. When I wake up mid-flight and look at my… Continue reading →

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13
Jan

Travel

Today’s truth is going to be quick. I’m sitting at the gate at YVR waiting to board. Here it is: I am lucky and grateful to be able to travel. Travel makes me a better, more appreciative, more knowledgeable, and more balanced person. It makes me m… Continue reading →

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