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Metaphors for America: a road trip
When prompted, we tell the U.S. Customs agents we’re heading to New Jersey. “On purpose?” he asks. We’ll be staying in New Jersey but day-tripping into Manhattan, later going to the Jersey Shore for a few days, but the agent … Continue reading
Posted in It Really Did Happen!
Tagged America, Condescending Canadian, humor, travel, USA
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Hello! I’m from The Future!
We were driving back from Trois-Rivières on the weekend when I came across one of my favourite road signs. No, not the nudist compound sign, although the pictogram of the family with their adorable naked bums is certainly memorable. Proportionally, … Continue reading
Four things God wants you to know about your car
Balanced on the deck of a carved wooden boat on the top of a toilet tank at a pitstop in Newfoundland, there was a small pamphlet. The cover announced, “Four Things GOD Wants You to Know.” I didn’t get a … Continue reading
Some things last
Over the last two weeks in Newfoundland, I’ve seen moose, caribou, hares, shooting stars, an iceberg and an old man’s white rump. What these have in common is their fleeting nature, the idea that I saw them once, briefly, never … Continue reading
Posted in Canada and/or Quebec, It Really Did Happen!
Tagged Friendliness, humor, kindness, l'anse aux meadows, Newfoundland, the split peas, tourism, travel, Twillingate
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Flap packets and other travel tips for 21-year-old daughters
“You should have brought a deck of cards,” my wife said on the way to the airport. Deb did the Europe thing 25 years ago with a friend, almost at the same age and along the same route that our … Continue reading
Posted in Family - whadya gonna do?, It Really Did Happen!
Tagged adulthood, Europe, family, humor, ignorance, travel
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Drinking Tips for Teens 