My mum flew down for an 8 day visit to visit her grandson (Amber and I were an added bonus). It was great to have an extra person to look after the little gamin*. It was really good to hear baby stories about me and my sisters too. Moms love talking about babies. I know … [Read more…]
Tactic to Antigua: 225 KMTactic to Antigua yesterday: 5 Hours, 14 minutesThats 43 km/hr. Before leaving, I changed a flat and bought a new tire at the pinchazo in San Julian. Listened to some Ron Sexsmith, Arcade Fire, and a mix CD from Salomé. I passed some trucks in the passing lane of oncoming traffic … [Read more…]
Oh man! This is too much to handle as the only Edmonton Oiler fan that I know for thousands of miles. I can’t wait to check the scores online every second day to see if Edmonton won or not. I was blown away after they beat out first place Detroit, then beating out 5th place … [Read more…]
Yesterday, I drove a little seven-year-old girl home from the hospital where she will probably die. I was in the Cobán hospital with a short-term mission team from Canmore, AB. We take all the teams there to pray for the kids and give gifts to the new mothers in the maternity ward. When a few … [Read more…]
Nearly four years ago, I visited Tikal with Amber, Saison, Dean, and Mariah. Very little has changed since that time. Most noticeably, more areas are restricted to the public – not to be considered a deterrent however as none of the signs are obeyed by anyone (well, I obeyed them) (mostly). The other thing that … [Read more…]
Driving to the World Heritage Site of Tikal in the Peten of Guatemala, one must be exceedingly cautious. (though I only saw 4 of the pictured animals the entire trip)
Pépère has arrived in Tactic and is now almost fully rested from his 6 weeks of hard work, building a school in Belize. Blaise is about 8 months older than he was when he first met his Pépère. The spend some good quality time together – walking, reading, eating. Pépère offered to slaughter a goat … [Read more…]
3 things are lacking now. Audio Mixing: engineered by Zaak Robichaud, Canadian in Guatemala.Soundtrack: currently being composed, recorded and compressed by Justin Jeffery, Canadian in Michigan.Subtitling: French translation of the transcript by Kevin Bourque, Canadian in Montreal. So far, it has been previewed by myself, Amber, Saison, and my Papa. Positive comments all around. Looking … [Read more…]
Houseflies now populate our house. I am not prepared to make concessions on their attempt to squat in my house. Therefore, we have turned to the power of the Fliegenfänger. Frogs (or perhaps they are toads – I never audited speciation or zoology in Univ.) now populate our yard. I kind of like them. They … [Read more…]
Sirdar Inc. posted a copy of John Cleese’s Letter to the United States. I remember reading it a few years ago. Brilliant. You can read it on Sirdar’s site or here.