Tag: Community
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Coronavirus: Will we ever be “back to normal”?
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Has it really been more than two months since this COVID thing went down? Crazy how fast time goes! Many of us continue to work from home and practice social distancing (although many don’t), anxiously awaiting the return of normalcy to our lives, but will it ever be “back to…
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“Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it’s gone.” – Simon McBurney
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What is it about theatre that draws us all in? Well, maybe not all of us, but it sure gets me and always has. Growing up, my family wasn’t a very traditionally culturally active family, we more enjoyed sporting events and the gatherings of friends but we always went to at…
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Our Family is Expanding By 4 Feet
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For those who know me well, you know that fostering has been in my mind for a few years now. It fascinates me what triggers thoughts in one’s mind and the many different “steps” one must go through to finally accept or make do of a new situation! Fostering has…
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It was time to put the apron on again
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McHappy Day is a one-day event in support of Ronald McDonald House Charities and other local children’s charities. This year the McDonalds on Barnet Hwy, Coquitlam and Ottawa Street in Port Coquitlam chose to give part of their proceeds to KidSportTri-Cities. For those who know me well, KidSportTri-Cities is a…
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The King of Rock ’n’ Roll Stopped In Coquitlam
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When do you really get some quality time with your colleagues outside of work? I might be one of the rare people that can happily say “pretty much every week”, whether it’s a post New Year cheers with a colleague’s extended family on a Friday night or my spouse and I…