The Widow Badass Blog
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I lost my love to cancer on November 14, 2013. Now this blog will also be dealing with the challenges of widowhood – my moving forward to create a new and fulfilling life sans my soul mate. I still hope you enjoy it.This blog will,reflect this opinion and present a record of my own journey and discoveries along the way.
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3d ago
The previous posts can be found here: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. Dear Reader, if you feel that is has taken an inordinate amount of time to to get all of my thoughts down regarding my visit to Outer Shores Lodge, I’m with you! I have been sifting through hundreds of photos and ..read more
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1w ago
The whole family went down to the creek to watch for salmon one day. There had been even more rain and the creek was flowing quite fast. We did see some salmon (jumping, even) but the waters were too rough to get good video of them. Daddy walked across part of the creek to get ..read more
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1w ago
Welcome to Part Three of this series about my recent visit to Bamfield, to stay at Outer Shores Lodge. You can find Part One here, and Part Two here. While our days were spent in and on the water, the clear nights were for observing the skies while listening to Sara and Jon talk about ..read more
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1w ago
Now that Bowser has discovered the creek can contain these interesting creatures, he’s on a mission to find more. I managed to get a close-up on the salmon without interference from You-Know-Who. My son-in-law tells me these are pink salmon. Sometimes he roams a bit too far into the creek (heading for the deeper portions ..read more
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3w ago
The previous Autumn, I had been told by someone I met on the trail that the Haslam Creek is part of the annual fall salmon run here on the island. I had found that hard to believe, standing in the inch of water that made up a large part of the creek that I visit ..read more
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3w ago
See Part One, here. Shortly after arriving at Outer Shores Lodge, I asked Scott if there was an agenda or schedule that would be followed each day and he answered that each morning at breakfast he would come up with a list and time for activities based on the day’s weather, tides and people’s interests ..read more
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3w ago
Last month, we celebrated Thanksgiving at my little place – my first (and hopefully not the last) formal-ish dinner since I moved to this property. I was a little worried about people’s comfort – squeezing 5 people around a small round table, but it all worked out. Thanksgiving for my family is not about the ..read more
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1M ago
Photos taken the same weekend as last Sunday’s post. The rain just kept on coming – non-stop for 3 days! We were lucky to not have to go anywhere and to not experience any flooding. Unfortunately, a lot of people on the mainland were flooded out by the atmospheric river. But for us, it was ..read more
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1M ago
How indeed? Literally and figuratively. After all, I have never gone away on a experiential vacation like this alone before – I’ve always had a friend (or two) to join me. See here and here for my last one, with my friends Joanne and Judith. It started with this book….no wait…it actually started waaaaay back ..read more
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1M ago
Last weekend we experienced an atmospheric river. Did that stop us from heading out for walkies? Not on your nelly! Did we get drenched? Absolutely. Did we have fun? Absolutely. Did Bowser need to be wrapped up and snuggled, post-drenching? Absolutely! May The Force be with you! Rock on, The WB ..read more