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  • Aspergers,  Bipolar,  Mental Health,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Creativity

    June 9, 2014 /

    We had the luxury of a three-day weekend thanks to last Friday's PA day, and right from the start it was an outpouring of creative energy...

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    Where Have You Been?

    May 29, 2014
    Child with aspergers

    When Aspergers Is Good News

    March 13, 2014
    Surprised tabby cat

    Why An Autism Diagnosis Is Like Finding Out You’re Adopted

    November 6, 2015
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Shopping in a snowstorm

    January 27, 2014 /
    Navigating Snowdrifts

    Our weekends generally follow a familiar pattern: breakfast like kings, lounge around in PJ's until the afternoon, then get out and do something with the remainder of the day...

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    The magnetic pull of Lake Ontario

    June 13, 2012
    Backpackers

    Expats Are Born Not Made. Discuss

    January 16, 2014
    the-spirit-of-giving

    The Spirit of Giving

    December 22, 2011
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze

    January 6, 2014 /
    flash freeze in Ontario, Canada

    I'm starting to think I should get my own map and ten minute slot as everything I post recently revolves around the weather, but it's unavoidably the big story here in Canada right now. After a couple of years of unseasonably warm winters, this 'mutha' has left us reeling...

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    Point & Shoot: Weekend Snapshot

    November 25, 2013
    stompin-tom-connors

    The Day The Stompin’ Stopped

    March 8, 2013
    restrained

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 2)

    March 6, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

    December 30, 2013 /

    I skipped breakfast, grabbed my camera and jumped in the jeep. The Polar Plunge started at 11am and I knew from past experience a couple of minutes delay would mean missing the whole thing...

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    Back-To-School With A Snowbird Fly-Past

    September 2, 2013

    “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism”

    February 10, 2017
    forgiveness

    What is forgiveness?

    April 21, 2012
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh

    December 23, 2013 /

    I fell asleep to the sound of ice pellets tapping the window while blue-white flashes from exploding transformers and arcing power lines lit up the sky. In the early hours of the morning the power finally failed...

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    “It’s chocolate Jim, but not as we know it…”

    November 19, 2011
    Tickets to the LeafsvsSabres

    The Good ‘Ole Hockey Game

    January 21, 2013

    Adjustment & Culture Shock

    October 12, 2011
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    Christmas, You’ve Changed!

    December 20, 2013 /

    Christmas in another country brings a curious reminder of the diversity to be found in the universal...

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    Wicked weather

    August 25, 2011
    BBC-announcer, April 1st, TV prank

    Don’t be fooled this April 1st!

    April 1, 2013
    Whitby Ribfest 2013

    Ever been to a rib-eating contest?

    July 17, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night

    December 16, 2013 /

    What is it about getting spooked that makes you giggle?

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    Should we get a cat?

    September 12, 2011
    A quiet moment, child reading

    A quiet moment

    January 17, 2012
    Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

    A Matter of Faith

    February 13, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    Winter Is Coming

    November 27, 2013 /

    The air is still, there's no breeze. Expectation hangs dumbly like a first-grader trying to cut in at the school disco. Everything waits...

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    Expat Limbo

    April 15, 2013

    Adjustment & Culture Shock

    October 12, 2011
    Different Tree

    How BPD made me a better expat

    January 29, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    5 Ways to Wind A Canadian Up

    January 14, 2013 /
    Tim Hortons sign on bus shelter

    Canadians have a global reputation as peacekeepers and pacifists but, just like the rest of us mortals, their patience isn’t limitless; some things are guaranteed to get them fired up. Here are five situations where you’re unlikely to see them at their best…

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    Story of A Miscarriage (Part 2)

    October 17, 2013
    Kids enjoying the snow

    Love in a cold climate…

    February 8, 2013
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    Grandad’s Ghost, or, How To Fuck Up A Funeral

    December 17, 2015
  • Blog,  Photography

    The Great Outdoors

    February 22, 2012 /

    The end of February brings hope and excitement as the cold weather weakens and we start to sense the slow creep of Spring. Shrugging off the survival mind-set that got us through the winter, it feels great to be alive again!

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    Rutabaga/Swede

    The Supermarket Experience

    November 7, 2011

    Missing you….

    October 2, 2011

    Lakeside Life

    August 12, 2011
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