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| This morning's view |
New Year Greetings from us to you,
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What a challenging 2017! Alternate Facts, Fake News, political madness, increasing polarization and marginalization, widespread demographic upheaval worldwide, and - above all – across North America, the rollbacks or outright destruction of decades of
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| A pristine day at the cottage |
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| A pristine day on Hilton Head |
progress on protecting the environment, species at risk, climate change, the safety of our food, and Health care in both Canada and the United States. We live in precarious times! How is the youngest generation ever going to make it for the next 60 years? Our planet is so tortured and assaulted by gigatons of carcinogenic pesticides, toxic ocean dumping, carbon dioxide emissions, oil pollution on land and water, minerally-depleted agricultural soils, and on and on. What are we thinking? On all fronts, the world is so different than when we were younger. And North Americans wonder where the catastrophic rises in autism, neurodegenerative diseases and macular degeneration come from…
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| A typical evening on Hilton Head |
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| A typical evening in Palm Desert |
But... “Let us not allow modern day to distract us away from the exquisite wonders of this world and our ability to experience it together.” Robinson Jeffers, California poet
On that more upbeat note, we are both fine and in the sun in radiant
California (think: vitamin D) for the
winter. We have each other, health,
adventure, freedom, and opportunity…
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| Frequent Flier Zorro patiently waits for a connection at Dallas/Ft Worth airport |
We are happy, and like
everyone else, too busy - and tapped into too many things - but thrilled to
be still following our annual migration pattern of winter in no-snow-tires California, Spring in beautiful
Hilton Head, South Carolina, Summer and half of Fall at our wonderful lake cottage,
and finally a few Fall weeks at our house (read: warehouse) in Ottawa, a city we increasingly appreciate on a comparison basis, plus or minus a quick week in Victoria BC. We have opted out again this year of any exotic land and sea travel… but we are starting to get wanderlust…
We wish you may also have health, adventure, freedom, opportunity,
and strength to combat the Endless
Madness which barrages us while we try to remember the Real Christmas. (Forgive us for
this late reminder.)
All the best of Good Fortune for 2018.
Fondly,
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| On the beach in Hilton Head |
Colleen and Don
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| Richard & Betty visit Hilton Head |
 Daufuskie Island, SC: with Eileen & Ed on a day trip from Hilton Head |
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| In Lisa & Patrick's Hilton Head pool |
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| Can anything be better? Evening bonfire at the cottage |
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| Victoria’s Alex & Linda visit us, and the Ottawa River |
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| Victoria BC: the iconic Empress Hotel |
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| Buddies George & Margaret in Stanley Park, Vancouver |
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| Canada 150 celebrations: 150 yrs since confederation |
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| The Christie Lake 60's Gang |
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| National Arts Center in Ottawa: Carrie & Melanie at the spectacular Royal Winnipeg Ballet 2017 Nutcracker |
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| On Christie Lake: a day with Jane & Konrad |
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| Palm Springs: hiking the nearby canyons with Steve & Lynn |
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| With pals Dave & Diane at a huge pro tennis tournament blocks from our Calif house |
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| Serious play at the PNB Paribas, Palm Desert, March |
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| Aliens? Startling December night launch of Space-X as seen from our street |
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| Pontoon boat rental in Hilton Head: Graham & Colleen navigating the channel |
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| A meeting of the Mutual Admiration Society in the cottage "office" |
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| Kingston, ON: Fall reunion weekend for our 45th anniversary of graduation, standing on the exact spot where we met in late 1971 |
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| Jan 2's supermoon in California bids us all a Happy Year 2018 |
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