Although we were in Toronto, one of the greatest cities in Canada, we spent the majority of last week simply enjoying the company of Old Friends! We first met with Josée Anne Demarais-Rowe and her gorgeous little girl Juliette at our campsite. Josée Anne was Naomi's teacher for grades 4 and 5 back in 2004-2006 when we were all at Ecole Central. She came to Fort St. John from Sherbrooke, Quebec, to teach French, and could barely speak English. (Now she and...

Perception - subjective, culturally relevant, personal judgment. Lucid - sober moments of absolute clarity. Happenstance - events that happen by chance. Divine Happenstance - God-luck not good-luck. Story - a narrative account, legend, fairytale, chronicle. Yesterday - the story as it has already been lived. Today - the story as it is being lived. Tomorrow - the unwritten story yet to be lived. God - supernatural person of intimate interest in humankind...

Canada Day 2012 - on our Capital Hill July 1st we hung out with our Prime Minister, Steven Harper - well, we and 300,000 other people celebrating with us. We found Canada Day in Ottawa to be a most amazing sensory overload, beyond even Vegas and Disneyworld. There was so much going on in so many parks at the same time it felt like we could have been in one of the old pinball machines. However, we saw amazing performances including the Fire Weavers, Gumboot D...

As it is the end of the school year (for those who went to school this year), we thought a little quiz would be in order. Our greatest education this year has been in acquiring intimate knowledge about each other, so we thought we would check how well you have been following us and just how well you know us… 1. Which of the Smithlings is most inclined to baking? 2. Who of us has broken 2 appendages this year? 3. How many States have we been throug...