“What was that about your Dad’s last Dale Carnegie class you mentioned yesterday?” Well, I’m glad you asked! I just know that, that little detail, stuck in the last blog post, must have kept you awake last night, even if you might not have asked right out loud.
About a month ago, my Dad mentioned Dale [...]
Category Archives: Family
Daddy-o and Dale Carnegie
June 9, 2010 – 7:00 am
The graduate
June 8, 2010 – 7:01 am
The whole reason we went to Saskatoon was to see my sister, Anna, graduate. In the four days we were there, my dad attended his last Dale Carnegie class, we visited and took pictures of the new River Landing, and had a photo op with Gordie Howe. I also had appointments, with Anna, for nails [...]
Valentine’s – the family edition
February 17, 2010 – 7:00 am
On Thursday last week, I left Marie-Hélène with Grandma and Grandpa and attended the traditional lunch that is offered to any employee that leaves the office. (I’m reading Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style and I now have a hard time turning off the Editor in my head… Was that last sentence right? Is [...]
Cards for sale
January 14, 2010 – 7:00 am
I’m a terrible salesperson. Selling things is not part of my biology. I get all clammy, and if the person shows a hint of hesitation, I want to give them a chilled lemonade and a fresh cookie and say “I understand! I’m sorry for your time. Can we forget this all happened?” Because that moment [...]
Ski inspection
January 8, 2010 – 7:00 am
John is going skiing this weekend. Marie-Hélène took the time to inspect the equipment:
Helmet and goggles? Check! And boots and snow blades?
She approves. If she really wanted to steal away with him, she’d hide herself in his boot, but she worries about the smell. It could curl her hair.
Family picture
January 4, 2010 – 7:00 am
John, my brother, our pig-farm working tenant, marched us outside to take our picture before Christmas as it had to do with our present. We teased him. “Matte finish” we ordered, “and no white border” we told him. We didn’t have to worry. He developped it and framed it in the lid of a box [...]
My sister Anna, appendicitis and our apple tree
August 27, 2009 – 7:00 am
This is my beautiful, creative sister Anna. She loves animals (reptiles in particular), insects and photography. Especially photography of late. She is eight years younger than me, so I remember her as a baby with gentle hands liking to touch our eyelashes while drinking her bottle. She has a pet bearded dragon named Johnny and [...]