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Showing posts with label things I miss about Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label things I miss about Canada. Show all posts
Thursday, October 30, 2014

October Country

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Dear (central, coastal) Italy, you don't understand Hallowe'en. Not having seasons, you really fundamentally fail to grasp this ...
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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Nostalgia food

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I love Kraft Dinner. I'll admit it right now. I know, I know, it's fake, it's plastic food, it's a mean fist of carbs, but...
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Monday, July 14, 2014

Good and bad Fantasy

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Dallas Road Beach, Victoria, BC So, a few days ago, I was having a discussion about what constitutes "cute". My friend and I a...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

The Maple Leaf Forever!

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OK class, the rest of the day will be spent at the annual Santa Marinella Dominion Day party, where we will eat Canadian barbequed meats, d...
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Friday, February 07, 2014

...and Canadian

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And at the same time, I'm Canadian to my core. Nearly every morning, I wake up with a song playing in my head. My brain has done this ...
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Friday, December 06, 2013

Homesick for Nova Scotia's rocky, stormy shores

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Monday, July 01, 2013

Happy Dominion Day, Canadians!

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Five points to any Canadian who can identify "Wolfe" in the first line. (Bonus point for anyone who can locate the Plains of Ab...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

The Regionals

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Last night I was earnestly assured by two young American friends that there is really one "Canadian accent" and that was Southwest...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Sang the Maple Leaf Forever on our last night at the Roman Forum

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I always freeze up when I'm singing by myself in front of people. Get all wobbly-voiced... But I did my best to educate our American ...
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Monday, February 06, 2012

Happy anniversary, Your Majesty

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The Queen of Canada took the throne 60 years ago today. Ad multos annos. If you want to sing along, here is the Canadian verse of God ...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011

People think

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I have no excuse whatever for being homesick. But I'm from here, so... you know. And I'm such a BC tree nerd, I can tell you the spe...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Tuns on Jack

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Paul Tuns was the guy who first told me what a blog was and suggested I start one. He's been watching the Canadian political scene a...
Friday, July 01, 2011

Oh, and Great Big Sea

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...and Newfoundland. ~
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This is awesome

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Our Emblem Dear...

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Happy Dominion Day, everyone. One long post of all things Canadian today... The 48th Highlanders. You can't be Canadian if you don't...
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Thursday, June 02, 2011

So, did you know Orcas eat bears?

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Today, for the first time in many years, I fervently wish I was back in Vancouver. ~
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur

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For all that they sometimes drove me up the wall, I really miss the Oratory . One thing these guys really know how to do is create a Catholi...
Monday, May 02, 2011

Huh

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Just noticed that country I used to live in is having a general election today. Oh, I remember Canadian politics... ~
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Saturday, April 16, 2011

We all seem to be having a great weekend!

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Deborah Gyapong , my g'friend ! We've all got such COOL friends, don't we?! ...but who's the guy with the fake smile on the ...
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Hi Paul!!!

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This just in the commbox from Paul Szabo, the best thing that ever happened to the Liberal Party of Canada: Dear Ms. White, That was a fun C...
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