I don’t know what it is…but there’s just something about it; something about being near water.  I almost feel like it contains magical properties of some kind that enables it to contain our memories in the most unique way.  I can’t speak for everyone, but personally, the moment I find myself shoreline, I feel calmer.  […]

Some family of ours had this beautiful cottage when I was growing up.  Grandparents of theirs had bought the land on auction decades earlier and built a tiny little home right along the water. As a child, I spent countless summers there.  Playing with my cousins…canoeing around the lake…playing Monopoly at night…roasting marshmallows over a […]

It was a beautiful warm Saturday morning when Steve picked me up for our third date.  It was the middle of May and I met him out front of my building in my cutest little jean skirt with no idea of what he had planned for us.  And frankly, I didn’t really care.  The devastatingly […]

When I was in high school, a good friend of our family got married on the hottest day of the year. Their cake melted in the sun…one of the groomsmen got heat stroke from spending the day in a tux…and half of their guests left the outdoor ceremony for cooler grounds.  All in all, it […]

When I was young, our family used to go to a cottage in the Muskokas.  It was small, rustic and right on the lake.  Every time we would go there, our time would be spent canoeing, having campfires and playing Monopoly by candlelight until all hours of the morning.  Just thinking about time at the […]