by canuckatlarge | Apr 12, 2019 | Journal
Sunday July 29th, after a decent sleep and an acceptable breakfast, we started out west to Dallas. I woke up feeling excited about the prospects of rejoining my colleagues after over a year away. It would be good to reconnect with the gang and to have people to talk...
by canuckatlarge | Apr 9, 2019 | Journal
Saturday morning, July 28th, we started on our journey. The goal was to get to Dallas by Sunday evening. We booked an Airbnb in Richardson, a small city to the north of Dallas that had been swallowed up in the growth of the metroplex many years ago. I made sure it was...
by canuckatlarge | Jan 5, 2018 | Journal, Lifestyle, Places
For as long as I can remember, I have had an interest in visiting far away places. As a kid, the world seemed so much bigger and those places could have been less than a couple of hours away. But they were always somewhere other than my home. They were somewhere new,...
by canuckatlarge | Jan 4, 2018 | Culture, Journal, Places
When we move to a new state, we make a point of trying to get to know our new home. What works for us is taking day trips to places that interest us. Back in late September, long before the cool weather would begin to settle in, we headed up to Mount Airy. Mount Airy...
by canuckatlarge | Jan 2, 2018 | Journal, Lifestyle, Places
Yesterday I alluded to the concept of “home” and asked the question, What is “home?” Is it a house? Or is a house just a physical structure devoid of purpose, other than perhaps as an investment. Does someone have to be living in it to be...
by canuckatlarge | Jan 1, 2018 | Journal, Lifestyle
System Reboot…….Day 1 of a New Year…….and a new challenge….. Will I accept the challenge? Yes. Will I succeed in this challenge of writing and posting something every day for the next 100 days? That’s another matter entirely. But,...
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