The Red Cross does wonderful work worldwide and I have occasionally sent them some financial support for their work during particular crises. Yesterday, though, they sent me entirely the wrong message. I received in the mail a huge envelope that was so big it had to be folded to fit into my mailbox. (I have […]
I had a bad fall while on vacation in California and needed the help of my family to fly back to Canada. I broke my wrist and fractured my pelvis, and have written about it in this blog (here, here, here, and here). My experience in negotiating all the people, facilities, bureaucracies, and systems associated with […]
Snowbird of Paradise 