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Baba’s Beach Podcast #32 – Memories
Memories aren’t the full story for anyone. They are more of a highlight reel of our lives. This is probably why four people will never remember a shared event in exactly the same way.
If at all.
What we remember is more a matter of perspective about an event. How important it was. Like a green stick fracture one summer that my mum and sister don’t remember at all. Yet I clearly remember every pool, lake and sprinkler I had to stay clear of to keep the damn cast dry.
No one even signed it.
Not even my sister, who broke my wrist in the first place….
On the other hand, my own children have grown up and seem to remember a volume of events of which I have no recollection. I’m considering getting a tattoo of Eyore on my right forearm that says, “It’s all my fault.”
I figure that will cover most of the bases.
Thanks to Scarborough Dude for permission to record this from Dicks and Janes Fall edition
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Baba’s Beach Podcast #31 – Orvieto
Wherever you go, whatever you see, it is the food, the wine and the sound of laughter that will be your best souvenir. Continue reading
Baba’s Beach Podcast #29 – and wonder why you waited so long
One of my favorite quotes is from Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town “Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don’t talk in English and don’t even want to.” … Continue reading
Baba’s Beach Podcast #28 – Welcome to middle age
That kid you saw staggering down main street, hooting and puking on Canada Day may well be the doctor you’ll see in emergency next week. He’ll be wearing the white coat and you’ll be the one barfing as a kidney … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Family Life, getting older
Tagged chiropractic, chronic illness, crackers, doctors, Doogie, generations, workplace accidents
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“Isn’t that a repeat?”
Yes, it just might be. A year ago, I moved Babasbeach.ca from Libsyn to my hosted plan at Hostpapa. I couldn’t justify paying for hosting to both providers. It’s taken me a while, but over the next two weeks, I’ll … Continue reading
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Baba’s Beach Podcast #26 – And then she just exploded
It’s one of the big no-no’s to tie a podcast to one season as they can be listened to at any time of the year. So, this isn’t actually a Christmas podcast:it’s about the spirit of forgiveness which, in my … Continue reading
Baba’s Beach Podcast #25 – Ahem
Just another Yankee with a Maple Leaf on her back-pack While still engaged to mom, dad whisked off to the University of Washington to get a BA in theatre. Mom and dad corresponded faithfully until one day Dad mentioned working in … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Travel
Tagged Canadian Government, citizenship, passports, red tape, Seattle, Sorority
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Baba’s Beach Podcast #24 – Under (de)construction
To Michelangelo the process of his art was to look at a block of marble atdawn in order to see the figure it contained and then to take away allthe pieces that didn’t belong. I seem to be a work in … Continue reading
Baba’s Beach Podcast #23 – Bombing a Better Tomorrow
Something good can be found in just about anything, I guess. Sulfadrugs and penicillin came out of the First World War; RADAR, plasticsand synthetic fuels from the 2nd. The Vietnam War brought about a revolution in technological support for the disabled–I … Continue reading
Posted in Growing up
Tagged atomic warfare, Duck and cover, early warning systems, home made bunkers
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Baba’s Beach Podcast #22 – Five Reasons to Walk to Cure Diabetes
When your child has Type 1 Diabetes, you become a family with diabetes. Actually, you become part of a huge international family all dealing with the physical and emotional roller coaster of life with a chronic disease. This is a … Continue reading