Category Archives: Sadie

Twenty, Twenty, Twenty-Four Hours to Go – Victoria, BC – [12/31/2020]

Let’s let the old year die with a fond goodbye And our hopes as high as a kite.. Well, maybe not so much “fond” as a “good riddance you kill-joy!” and perhaps some of us are a bit tempted to … Continue reading

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I Found You Christmas – Victoria, BC – [12/25/2020]

And then everybody laughed again And then I went to bed… Looking through my bedroom window out into the moonlight and the unending smoke covered snow I could see the lights of all the other houses on our hill and … Continue reading

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Dolly in the Corner Revisited – Victoria, BC – [12/09/2020]

“I’d rather have the dolly in the corner.” “I’d rather have the oranges…” ~ A Musical Scrooge I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Christmas this year. About what it means. About what it is. About whether or not, … Continue reading

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Keeping Calm(ish) and Carrying On – Victoria, BC – [11/21/2020]

All those wars. Pain and lies. Hate. Made me want to turn away and never look down again. But to see the way that mankind loves. I mean, you can search the furthest reaches of the universe and never find … Continue reading

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Stitching Together Normal – [11/02/2020]

And just like that, October has come to a close and I can look back at it all with a tremendous sigh of relief. This has been a tough month physically and mentally, but it’s also been an incredibly satisfying … Continue reading

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Wet Pride – Victoria, BC – [10/18/2020]

Welcome to October! And fall is definitely upon us with a vengeance. The air is crisp and damp and our high season for Ghost Walks is in full swing, despite it being a very unusual high season. Now, it has … Continue reading

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Flying Blind into 38 – [10/04/2020]

She took the midnight train going Anywhere… Where to even begin about 37. Where does anyone begin about this particularly bizarre trip around the sun? 37 is in two distinct halves. The first was, fairly normal, fairly straight forward. The … Continue reading

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Dragging Rollercoasters and Overcome Obstacles – Victoria, BC – [09/27/2020]

Growing up, my Mum used to tell me a story about an investment banker who found herself up at 3am every night baking cookies, because baking was the only thing that genuinely made her happy and helped her relax. Ultimately, … Continue reading

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New Adventures in Unusual Nostalgia – Victoria, BC – [09/17/2020]

It is probably fairly well known that I…don’t really cook. I bake fairly well, and I am *learning* to cook, but a star-rated chef? Nope, definitely not. Not like my Mum, whom I dearly wish I had paid more attention … Continue reading

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New Growth – Victoria, BC – [09/06/2020]

I have never cultivated the art of having a green thumb. One of the many many areas where I didn’t follow in my parents’ footsteps (mostly because all the times they wanted to teach me about gardening, I was more … Continue reading

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