Author Archives: Kathie

A year of changes

Posted on May 16, 2009 by

This past year has been one of tremendous upheaval and change.  A year ago if someone would have told us we would lose a daughter, make plans to shift to the country, our family was going to increase and different … Continue reading →

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I long for quieter places

Posted on May 14, 2009 by

If you’ve seen my tweets just now I’ve had a very noisy police helicopter hovering over my house and it was loud and shaking the house and the trees and Graham’s radio aerial were whipping all over the place. I … Continue reading →

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Travelling to Canada

Posted on April 22, 2009 by

In a few weeks my husband and I will be winging our way to Toronto, Canada, so I can speak at a conference in Niagara Falls. After the conference we’ll make our way back to Toronto then fly to Vancouver … Continue reading →

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Here’s that cat again!

Posted on April 3, 2009 by

Remember that cat that gave you the good belly laugh? Think its name is Maru. Well, here it is again – enjoy!  The bit near the end with the boxes is the best!

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Love is for the animals too!

Posted on April 1, 2009 by

A friend shared this with me and I had to bring it here.  This is so cute!

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Want a good belly laugh?

Posted on March 27, 2009 by

Then watch this cat – it’s both gorgeous and hilariously funny.  I promise you won’t have dry eyes when you’re finished watching it!  By the way – the cat isn’t ours and we found it on the web.

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My latest passion – an old one renewed

Posted on March 20, 2009 by

I have two things I really enjoy doing – writing is one which is why I blog a lot, perhaps not here but at other blogs.  And photography.  As our girls were growing up I was always taking family snaps … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone

Posted on February 14, 2009 by

Today Graham and I are going to spend some time together, going to a bird land reserve so I can play with my new camera and then to lunch somewhere in the country. You can see examples of my photos … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year everyone!

Posted on January 2, 2009 by

I hope and trust that you had a good Christmas and New Year celebrations and time with family and friends.  We did get some special time with our daughters and their husbands over Christmas and then visited with Graham’s sister … Continue reading →

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There is great healing in “The Shack”

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

If you read this and other blogs you will know that we lost a daughter 3 months ago today.  Travelling since that time has been hard, difficult and slow going and there are days when we feel like we’re not … Continue reading →

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