Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Ursula K Le Guin


Ursula K Le Guin was one of the authors who inspired me and sparked my imagination, especially in philosophical thinking, at a young age.  It's with great sadness that I read of her death today.  She was a humanitarian, a feminist, a person who wasn't afraid of speaking her mind.

For a good introduction to her as a person, check out this article.

 For her most popular series, check here.

Earthsea is forever a place in my mind, and the battle all of us face with inner darkness and the need to make whole what is inside of us.

2017 in review

What a great year. Overall, 2017 was the year I really grew, even though a lot of things stayed the same.  I thought I would share my favourite photos from each month, highlights from what was a very eventful, travel-filled year.

January


A wonderful walk with my beautiful mother shortly after New Year's Day.  We had a wonderful time.





That time I accidentally painted a 'meat tree,' with witch and tombstone at a paint night instead of a tree that said 'Enchantment.'  (Maybe just not the right kind of enchantment?)

February




Teaching Alex to ski was an amazing moment for me.  Such a fun adventure as a couple!  We have already gone skiing once this season, more to come!



Alex and I filmed our first cooking video!  Hard to believe it was almost a year ago!

March



Liz and I went to see  Chris Boti for what must be the third time...it was just as good as always.  No members of Guns 'N' Roses there this year in the crowd, unfortunately.

April





Anne, our VP Ivan and I raised $1,000 for our hospital. I definitely need to up our game this year, and raise more! :)  



Tried the unicorn frappuncino.  It was disgusting.



Liz and I visited the McMichael gallery.  Here she is painting her latest masterpiece for a collection.

May



A very good friend night out with Karl and Danny...where I did some karaoke and they watched. 



U of T shaker at Wonderland...a great event as always.

June





Sarah, Liz and I go bouldering.



Pride 2018



Liz, Heather and I go a-wine-ing.  They both bought a lot of wine, and we discovered champagne in a can.

July

 

A giant duck visited us on Canada Day.





Alex, Tyler, Tammy and I went to Denmark, then Sweden.  A trip of a lifetime.  Met new family I didn't know I had!




We visited the ABBA museum in Sweden and saw some scandalous things.

August

 


Reconnected with a great friend from high school in Stockholm...who now is a great adult friend! <3 p="">  

Let's go to the Ex!

 September

 
My first real LGBT wedding...was beautitful.



Ran a 5K with work peeps.



Volunteered with this fantastic group of people and made some new communications friends with the Invictus games.  Also got to have Prince Harry walk right by me.



Also got to hear Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams play together.  That was something.  
October




That time Alex and I did two costumes for Halloween

November



Said goodbye to a great friend who went to work overseas.  Trish, I miss you.



Toronto Christmas Market with Judy, who came to visit Liz.

December




Christmas....chaos as always!


What a year!  Looking forward to 2018 being even better!

Monday, January 01, 2018

2018 Fitness challenge!

I am doing a fitness challenge to get into better shape.  It's a 200 push up per day challenge. 

Currently, 60 real push-ups, 140 half push-ups.  4:40 mins.

More to come! :)