December 23, 2011
It’s been so hectic around here these past days… and weeks… and months. Actually, the year has been rock’n'roll beyond words. But hey, I’m glad I pulled through. Glad others around me — family and friends — have pulled through also. And especially proud of myself for making lemonade out of the mountain of lemons that were dumped on me in 2011. Wish I had some tequila to go with it, tonight… 
All this to say that I didn’t have time to translate the story I posted on my French blog. It’s all about what Christmas was like for me in the 50s.
Sorry!
But here’s a drawing of what the front door to our house looked like way back then, at 296 Manning Street, in Verdun. May it be my Christmas card to you, Sweet Souls.
Merry Christmas!
Peace & Love
March 22, 2011
“Stung by the splendour
of a sudden thought.”
— Robert Browning
March 19, 2011
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March 18, 2011
“Some people never go crazy.
What truly horrible lives they must live.”
— Charles Bukowski
February 27, 2011
Here’s another slice of my 2010 Highlight Moments, but without the superfluous links and elaborate explanations which were so painfully present in part one — live and learn!
APRIL
Our housing co-op gets its ventilation ducts cleaned, and my son Vincent turns thirty-one (story of his birth).
MAY
While my son Sébastien and his wife are in Jamaica, I spend ten days at their house with Justin, their youngest son, and Molly, their Golden Retriever.
This is the gift they bought for me — “HAVE A NICE DAY”
And here is the artist, Philip Henry.
My daughter-in-law said that this drawing reminded her of the ones that I draw. Coooooooool.
Back home, I give my balcony its usual spring makeover.
JUNE
My mammography turns out fine…
my grandson Justin turns four…
and I buy my MacBook Pro…
ho ho ho!
JULY
My oldest grandson turns eight; I get a new Mac because the other one was a lemon (O the drama and the multiple visits to the Apple Store!); and my brother sends me postcards from Rouen, in France, where our ancestor René de LaVoye was born (they will be added to my POSTCARDS FROM BOBBY BABY collection real soon).
Up untill then — minus the Mac episode — the year had been pretty darn smooth.
To be continued!
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February 25, 2011
“Meet me in Cognito, baby.
In Cognito, we’ll have nothing to hide.”
Jitterbug Perfume
— Tom Robbins
