2022 Alaska cruise booked
A few weeks ago, the Canadian Transport minister announced extension of Canada’s ban on cruise ships for another year to at least February 2022. This effectively cancelled my Alaska cruise booke... Read More
2021 Alaska cruise cancelled
I was looking forward to finally taking an Alaska cruise in September of this year. I purposely booked it for late in the season, so I could be vaccinated against COVID-19 beforehand. Just yesterday, ... Read More
Christmas 2020
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! All the best for the coming New Year Christmas Letter 2020 – all the news about our year on a web page suitable for reading online – includes links, p... Read More
Christmas Letter 2020
Travel I suppose I should start this year’s Christmas Letter with my pandemic story, since everyone is preoccupied with the COVID-19 virus this year. Back in May of 2019 I booked a Holland ... Read More
Discovering my birth parents
I always knew I was adopted. Both of my adoptive parents didn’t hide the fact from me or anyone else for that matter. For most of my adult life, I didn’t give much thought about my birth p... Read More
Christmas 2019
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! All the best for the coming New Year Christmas Letter 2019 – all the news about our year on a web page suitable for reading online – includes links, p... Read More
Christmas Letter 2019
Travel For the third year in a row, I traveled to southern Arizona for astronomy in March (2019) instead of February (previous years). Our host wanted to try for better weather so the date was changed... Read More
Expo 67 in Montreal
As we leave the summer months behind, I’m thinking back to when I was 14 years old. My parents and I travelled to Montreal to see Expo 67, flying from Victoria to Montreal aboard our first passe... Read More