I am fascinated and in awe of Newfoundland and Labrador. This 'marvelous terrible place' (as the photography book by Yvn Momathuk and John Eastcott is named), captured my heart when many years ago I regularly travelled there for work. I recall times where I, along with my Newfoundland colleague, found ourselves sitting on the Trans Canada Highway for a couple of hours while the snow blew so fiercely across the land that the highway was closed due to zero visibili...

Written in late April (because I am a fantastic procrastinator): Spring is finally springing, slowly day by day I watch the ice melting in the cove outside our house. Since returning home, Jim and I have felt overwhelmed with family deaths and moves, we've had an endless flu, all the while Jim has been working really hard and now I am recovering from foot surgery. Ohhhh, vacation where are you? It's time to complete my writing about our trip to Maui in Februa...