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Why is it that whenever I go on vacation (a time of supposed relaxation and stress-relief), I usually end up needing a vacation afterwards to unwind from a fast-paced hectic schedule far busier than my everyday life! The eve before a trip, for both slaDE~ and myself, is typically an evening of last-minute packing and…
“We are all dancers. We use movement to express ourselves – our hungers, pains, angers, joys, confusions, fears – long before we use words, and we understand the meanings of movements long before we understand those of words.” ~~ Franklin Stevens
Well it’s official. I’m famous :~). Joking! But I am privileged indeed to have had my prize-winning Hippo adventure story broadcast live over the CBC airwaves. How spectacular! So now it’s time to share. I’ve been alluding to this story for ages in my blog. And here’s the honest-to-goodness non-fictional tale which won us the…
This morning I sat and drank in YouTube skydiving videos, reminiscing about the times of old, somewhat nostalgic in my desire to return the the skies above. I came across this animated short named “Angst”, and I could relate to Little Andre’s apprehension with the wind. From the day André was born, he got harassed…
Without a harness, I haven’t a clue how the tandem master managed to hook on to this guy. Death wish or just plane stupid?! If you look closely to the very beginning of the video, it looks like a ‘Red Bull’ stunt / commercial. IMO, no amount of cash or fame or notoriety is worth…
I spent the morning collecting and readying myself for the journey home. So much had happened over the last 4 weeks that it was going to be rather interesting to live the experience of transitioning from my life in Guatemala and to a life back home in Canada. The question of for how long and…