Category Archives: Life

Public Transit Culture in Toronto

Posted on October 5, 2013 by womanseyeview

Observing fellow travellers as they observe back, over the past few years, I’ve often wondered about how unique our train/bus/subway culture is here in the GTA (greater Toronto area). Having used public transit in Europe, Africa and Latin America, Japan, … Continue reading →

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GOing on the Red Rocket

Posted on September 7, 2013 by womanseyeview

How did it take me so long to discover public transit? As a committed driver for decades I had always dismissed the train or bus as an option but now that I commute to the downtown core it is so … Continue reading →

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Environmental and economic struggles – Port Alberni’s contradictions

Posted on July 12, 2013 by womanseyeview

On a recent visit to a friend who lives in the old section of the British Colombia town of Port Alberni , we found ourselves in a region surrounded by stunning natural beauty and natural riches …but full of contradictions. … Continue reading →

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How green is my valley…again

Posted on May 14, 2013 by womanseyeview

The classic 1939 book by Richard Llewellyn (made into a movie of the same name) ‘How Green was My Valley’ was one of my favourites when I was young. It described the transformation of agricultural valleys and ancient, green rolling … Continue reading →

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History lives in a garden in Seasalter

Posted on May 10, 2013 by womanseyeview

As I parked in front of the pretty little bungalow in Seasalter, Kent, England I felt anxious about the ‘strangers’ I was about to meet. My mother must have felt the same because when I urged her to go ahead … Continue reading →

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History under our feet and all around us

Posted on May 9, 2013 by womanseyeview

My mother and I have made the trip to England for a reunion of her father’s relatives. Battling jet lag on our first day, we foray out into the English county of Kent and with a stunningly green British spring … Continue reading →

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Exploring ones roots

Posted on April 22, 2013 by womanseyeview

When the invitation came it took us by surprise. Yes our roots were in Britain but with grandparents gone and the passing of my father those days were relegated to a corner of my consciousness. My mother at age 80 … Continue reading →

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A slower New York

Posted on March 12, 2013 by womanseyeview

There are some cities in the world that it is impossible to get tired of – London and Paris leap to my mind and so does New York. I admit I came to that feeling about New York later in … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Piedades

Posted on February 10, 2013 by womanseyeview

For a small country Costa Rica sure has a lot of mature Canadians and Americans living in condos – sometimes it feels like a hillier, less humid Florida. While the gated community lifestyle doesn’t appeal to me it certainly seems … Continue reading →

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Gifts around us

Posted on February 8, 2013 by womanseyeview

Maybe when you’re in a different place you look more closely at your environment and marvel at the gifts that are there if you just open your eyes. The tree out the back with its orange jewels glinting in the … Continue reading →

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