If you think your first grandchild is special, and they are …and the second and the third…here’s my fourth!

So Instagram (and Threads) have suspended my account. Maybe because I got over 1,200 likes on a post telling Canadian travel writers not to go to the US?
Guess I didn't meet (Zuckerberg's) community standards. In a way, I suppose that's a compliment.
(Yes of course I'm appealing...)

My grandson's school sent home a note about measles exposure...

🫡✌️❤️🇨🇦

Advance voting begins in Ontario today. You don't need your voter registration/information card to vote, just ID with your name and address.

Let's gooooo

I would pay money to listen to @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social and @stephenking.bsky.social use metaphors in a debate of how stupid they think Donald Trump is. It would be a masterclass.

Hey look! My books listed on @chaptersindigo.bsky.social now have a digital Canadian sticker on them. Very cool.
#TeamCanada #ShopCanadian #CanadianAuthors
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/...

Such a great speech. #TeamCanada

Exactly. Don't listen to what he says. Watch what actually happens.

Tomorrow morning!

‘People are panicking’: Snowbirds rush to sell Florida homes as loonie tanks MONTREAL — Cesidia Cedrone has been soaking up the rays at her Florida condo every winter since 2011. “Sunshine all the time. Don’t have to shovel snow. The beach, the sand…” the Ontarian said from he...

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/28/p...
(And also probably because of another loonie...)

Walking through the #library while looking at all of the new releases and deciding which book to rent is the closest I’ve come to recreating that nostalgic Blockbuster feeling. #booksky

So pretty! (If, like me, you don’t have to shovel)
Meaford, Ontario

Hong Kong tourism celebrates Year of the Snake, reports increase in Canadian arrivals While the Chinese New Year official rings in on January 29, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) struck early with a celebration of the Year of the Snake on Thursday night (Jan. 23), playing host in Tor...

Started the Year of the Snake early with a reception hosted by the Hong Kong Tourism Board last night. My latest for @paxnews.bsky.social
www.paxnews.com/news/tourism...
#Travel #travelwriter

6 Real Vaccine Facts Everyone Should Know Vaccines have been a hotly-debated political topic lately. Here's the honest truth about them.

Ignore the increasing political spin, 6 Real Vaccine FACTS www.huffpost.com/entry/vaccin...

1) saved 150 million lives (mostly kids)
2) rigorously tested
3) serious complications rare
4) mild side effects ≠ disease
5) don't cause autism
6) good for you AND community! ♥️

we're hiring an associate editor to help with our advice columns! an incredibly fun position! jobs.lever.co/slate/4e9386...

Listening to two Millennials complain about how Gen Zr's in their office are just making up acronyms to make them look like they don't know what they're talking about. They are thinking of speaking to HR about it.

LOL

Good point. Myself, I've only been to the US 3X in the past 8 years. Absolutely the result of Trump, and then the abortion laws (by state). I don't see myself traveling there during this next administration, as the reason I would go is to encourage travel there. I don't.

Canadians less likely to travel to U.S. with Trump in office: poll With trade penalties, tighter border controls and political uncertainty hanging in the air, a snapshot of Canadian travel intentions – specifically, their willingness to travel to the United States – ...

No kidding.

www.paxnews.com/news/buzz/ca... @paxnews.bsky.social

CBC to hire 30 journalists in 22 communities - Broadcast Dialogue CBC News has unveiled the list of communities it's set to deploy up to 30 new journalist hires to across the country.

broadcastdialogue.com/cbc-to-hire-...
#journalism #localjournalism

Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY to exit Canada Icelandic discount airline PLAY is pulling out of Canada less than two years after launching, according to a report in the Toronto Star. PLAY launched its Canadian business in the summer of 2023, flyi...

Travel news: www.paxnews.com/news/airline...
@paxnews.bsky.social

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

I’ve been home for two hours and yes of course my suitcase is unpacked and the laundry is on. (Like a psycho apparently)
Do you unpack right away?

Glad to see you here also, Amber!

Where are my 60+ ladies still wearing a two piece? (Makes sense since we need to hit the washroom quite often)

I’ll be 62 in April. And yes I currently have a fractured wrist and fractured foot. Grace doesn’t come with age lol

I think there’s a misconception out there that good writing means phrasing things in a way nobody ever has or would—that if a sentence feels familiar in the mind it fails. The opposite is true. Good writing is phrasing things in a way everyone has always wanted to and recognizes in their hearts.

Yes!

Club Med 45. By day and night. Do you know why? @clubmed.bsky.social #travel #clubmed

Hate that.

Me too! We met that way!