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August 24, 2018

Italian in the Breakfast Room; Mind the Gap; Extraordinary Elderly; a Medical Scheme That Works for Me; Art on the Wall

I am presently writing from the breakfast room at the San Anselmo Inn where Italian is being spoken by all – well practically all. I have exhausted my Italian vocabulary and I even had some…

August 23, 2018

More British Humour to Share; I am Proud of You; a Serious Look into the Disconnect of Being an Expat and a Made Over Me

Ever helpful David has provided us with more humour. This one-liners are from the Edinburgh Festival (which of course is in Scotland). Edinburgh Fringe – Top 10 jokes 1. “Working at the JobCentre has to…

August 21, 2018

I Have Died and Gone to Heaven; In Touch with Everyone; A Great Plane Ride with Women Pilots; Concur Word of the Day

So this is it – I swear that I have died and gone to heaven. I am staying at the San Anselmo Inn – an absolutely exquisite gem nestled in the heart of San Anselmo….

August 20, 2018

Yesterday I Was Attacked by a Homeless Man; But Determinedly Went Onto Meet Tracey; Then a Great Outdoor Yoga Class; Boathouse at Kits Beach; Home by Yellow Cab; Ending with Resilience

I was attacked by a homeless man yesterday. Although at times I may “ask for it” by loudly refusing to hand over my hard-earned money to some guy fit and able to take care of…

August 18, 2018

t’s A Date; A Funny Lunch Conversation; Meeting Fascinating People at Vancouver Art Gallery; Welcome Back to Two Men; A Marriage Proposal

I woke to an email from an old friend, he has been around for fifty years. He: O.K. It’s a date Me: How extremely sweet – to have a date with an old friend you…

August 17, 2018

A Disjointed Day Full Of Information and Surprises and Jokes and Insults and Frustrations and Many Emails and Art But I Found A Funny Guy

So first the funny guy – that will grab your attention. I went to water aerobics at the YWCA and had the best instructor ever – in all of my days of water aerobics. She…

August 15, 2018

A Sense of Humour is Contagious; Street Names; A Fantastic Experience at the YWCA; Featuring Strange Encounters of a Serendipitous Nature

So just to get this over with – the word of the day is serendipity which means: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: a fortunate stroke of…

August 14, 2018

Beginning Sunday in a Total Funk For No Good Reason at All; But Help from People Near and Dear to Me; A Promise of No Flu; A Movie and Yoga Date; A Note to a Little Girl‬

I woke up on Sunday morning in a total funk – total. There was no good reason for this in that there was an email from my hero Chris, two from my friend Lynne and…

August 12, 2018

The Mark of Cain; A Friend’s Inspiration; Growing Hatred of Vancouver Based on Dogs and the Lack of Enforcement of a Muffler By-Law

I am weird and I admit it. Something comes to my mind, for no good reason at all and I investigate it and it blows my mind – the part of the mind that is…

August 11, 2018

An Amazing Encounter at the Contemporary Art Gallery Accompanied by a Possible New Adventure; Trial and Error Continues with Messages from Young Man; Lunch with Tracey; A David Hockney Treasure

So this happened last week, Friday I think. . On the way home I stopped in at the Contemporary Art Gallery – just on a whim and because it is free and it was cooler…

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