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Happy Birthday Mom!

March 5th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Tracy's Posts, Tributes

Today is my Moms birthday so I wanted to share a few things about her with you because she is a very special woman in my life. When I was a little girl I had a very hard time being away from my Mom. I was unable to make it through the night at any sleepover [...]

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Thank you, NBC! Right back atcha!

February 25th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Jacquie's Posts, Tributes

My mother sent this video to me and I’m so glad I got to see it. Maybe it was the sappy music, or the sweeping mountain vistas, or the fact that I’m probably hormonal, but I found myself getting soggy-faced emotional at the weirdest points. Like when Brokaw reads the line on the Peace Arch [...]

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Casey Douglas Adkins ~ May 14 1981-Dec 28 2009

January 13th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Inspiring, Tributes

I attended the funeral service for my second cousin Casey Douglas Adkins on Monday and was moved for many different reasons. I reconnected with my extended family on my mother’s side after years of not keeping in touch.
When I first saw my cousin Dee, Casey’s mom, her voice sent me back to my childhood, it [...]

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Best Songs of 2009

January 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Bonnie's Posts, Tributes

I love looking back at the previous year and all the “best of”‘ lists that so many people compile.
I also love music so I thought I’d check what the most popular songs were for 2009.
You can agree or disagree with the list below but these are Amazon’s best selling songs of 2009.  I’m a [...]

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Daddy’s Little Girl~

November 27th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Tossed Salad, Tracy's Posts, Tributes

It seems that lately a lot of my male friends are either about to become a “Daddy” or just recently became one.  I melt each and every time they tell me how enormous their heart grew upon arrival of their “little girl”.  There is forever something special about the bond between a dad and his [...]

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Tyra Viewers! Samantha’s Not a Crier!

November 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Jacquie's Posts, Tributes

A few weeks ago I had posted an important message on my facebook page and everywhere else I could think of, notifying all my friends and followers to make sure to tune in to the Tyra Banks Show on November 12th when a group of “inspiring teens” were going to be honoured.  What I saw [...]

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The Nude by Lawrence Thomas

November 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Guests, Taboo, Tracy's Posts, Tributes

We all meet certain individuals that inspire us to reach our goals.  Lawrence Thomas inspires me to reach mine.  We met through Twitter, and a conversation started simply because he wrote about football, A Beautiful Night for Football, I thought he might know a friend of mine who is a Football Commentator.  He didn’t, but [...]

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Remembrance Day

November 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Tracy's Posts, Tributes

~ Remembrance Day Poem ~
Grandpa pinned a pretty poppy
On his big black coat today,
He always stands up straighter
When he wears that coat that way,
He was humming to his friends again so soft that no one hears,
But I think he knows I’m listening
And he lets me see his tears
He was talking to his friends today
I heard [...]

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Image is Everything ~ Arya Tara

November 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Bonnie's Posts, Jacquie's Posts, Team Posts, Tracy's Posts, Tributes

There are literally thousands of representations of the Goddess Arya Tara to be found on the internet, in print form and as statues.  She is the oldest Goddess still worshiped extensively in modern times and can be found in pretty much every cultural back story on the planet.  Of all the images of Tara out [...]

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This Is It – Somehow I Doubt It

October 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Bonnie's Posts, Tributes

It’s almost Halloween and for the past 25 years Michael Jackson’s Thriller has been played at some point on or around the 31st of every October.
Thriller, a 14-minute feature-length movie and a music video was released on December 2, 1983. It was the most expensive video of its time, costing US$500,000, and Guinness World Records [...]

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My Okanagan Wine Tour

October 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Bonnie's Posts, Tributes

Finally.  I have been living in the Okanagan Valley officially for well over a year and unofficially for much longer but last weekend was the first local wine tour I’ve gone on.
It was a girl’s thang.  On  Saturday morning two girl friends and I drove through the mist and drizzle to Okanagan Falls.  What a [...]

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911 Remembered

September 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Tracy's Posts, Tributes

September 11th 2001, a day that everyone can remember where they were and what they were doing.  I was in my trailer on set of the TV Series Stargate.  I was waiting for my Mom who was going to look after my baby girl while I did my part on the show.  When my Mom [...]

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Good Ol’ Southern Yarns

August 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Bonnie's Posts, Tributes

I’m not sure why, but I’ve long been drawn to stories that take place in the South;   Mississippi, Tennessee, the Carolina’s, Georgia, etc.  It may have begun years ago when I first read “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.  I don’t raahtly recall.  Yuh see even as ah write this the voice in [...]

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Jessica Beach

August 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Art/Talent, Celebrity, Inspiring, Tracy's Posts, Tributes

I had the pleasure of listening to Jessica Beach this weekend at the Cate’s Park Concert Series in Deep Cove, North Vancouver.  She captivated the outdoor crowd with her unique style, quick wit and warm presence.
Scott and I formally met Jessica after the show.  Scott works along side her brother Chris Beach (also a musician, [...]

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

July 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Bonnie's Posts, Tributes

One of my all time favourite books, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, is becoming a Disney movie directed by Tim Burton (suitably).  Alice In Wonderland!  And one of my all time favourite actors is in it as well.  Johnny Depp plays the mad hatter.  How perfect is that!  It is due out in [...]

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