Today's mindful moment comes from a wet bench I'm sitting on watching the lake in Stresa. For the first time we had an inside day...

L'italiano è appena sotto l'inglese in blu - Scusa si ci sono errori (Italian translations just under English in blue) Gianni was born in...

Having been in Stresa, Italy the past four weeks we have been literally forced to slow down because life is so much different than Canada....

Per L'Italiano scorri verso il basso fino vedi l'italiano My parents and family are from small town Castelsilano in Calabria and when I...

Even though I'm forever on a long weekend, here in Italy it isn't a holiday this weekend. In Canada, you are full swing into your...

Sunday in Italy is all about calcio football (what we in North America call soccer). Go by any coffee shop or bar and you will see...

This morning we got up at 7 am and went for an hour walk around town to start to get acclimatized. Even though it is a small town of...

I’ve been taking medicinal marijuana for sleeping and pain the last three weeks and it has helped me get a little better sleep but the...

Let the thaw begin and the sun shine in! Spring has sprung and with that comes new hope for life popping up all around us. Today I...

When we knew I was retiring Gianni asked what I wanted to do and it was simple, out for dinner with the kids and back home to play cards...

Having worked since I was 12 years old I was worried about letting go of work life, however I can honestly say I've adjusted really well...

Yesterday I went into the TELUS building to collect my personal belongs. Not having been there since COVID hit I didn’t know if I would...

I’m off this week and wanted to take some re-energize time but can’t believe it has taken until hump day to get to my book. One thing I...

A white Christmas, we haven’t had one in 13 years and true to this year’s form we are going to set a cold weather record. Heat waves,...

Once again life with COVID is causing havoc all over the world. First COVID-19, then Delta and now Omicron is sending the world in a...

Since March so much has gone on in my life that every night when I put my head on the pillow, it has been hard to sleep. I put myself on...

Today I reflect on my cherished moments because June 17th has several moments that have touched my core. Seven years ago today, Gianni...

Pandemic Slow Down When a pandemic slows life down and it is a good thing…. Every year I’m scrambling to get everything done for...