Category: Personal

  • Truly Canadian….

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    Happy Canada Day ALL!! Joyeuse FETE du Canada! When people ask me where I’m from I have a difficult time answering. Eventually, I say Canada. Born in Vancouver, brought up in Banff and PEI, schooled in London, Ontario, and Quebec City (La Ville de Quebec) (et, oui.. je parle le Francais!), lived in Frederiction, Ottawa,…

  • Two years….my Papa..

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    Two years ago, May 10th, (Mother’s Day),  I said goodbye to my Dad. The hardest goodbye of my life. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about him. It’s pretty impossible as 

  • “Promise”, synonym: “lie”….

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    For those who read this blog, I have begun another blog dedicated to senior care, and issues that have a senior theme. There is just so much out there that wants to be addressed and stories to be shared. Today’s post brings back the reoccurring theme of the “new” Riverview Manor in Montague, PEI and…

  • Happy Birthday to my dear Papa…

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    April 21st… The day my Papa was born. 28 years later he became my Papa. 81 years later he left this world. But, in that 81 years he left a very important mark. One that many will agree was a loving and inspiring one. It certainly was for me. Dad made me feel like

  • Women… taking the stage

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    It’s International Women’s Day March 8th, 2017. I’m not going to go on about all the rights, movements, motions, marches, liberation, suppression, equality, love, violence, hate, bigotry, motherhood, sisterhood, beauty, nurturing, bold gestures, going back in time, empowerment, daughters, peace, activism…. Many are addressing these issues. And, well… I guess I sort of am. A…

  • Gardening… therapeutic art

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    My first garden was in the back yard of our Banff house in a little dark corner with black earth. My first plant, a strawberry plant. Our neighbours’ fence was high above, blocking my sun, but dripping gooseberries that I guiltily snuck from time to time. When my first strawberry emerged, albeit tiny, I was…

  • A bridge back to the arts…

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    The last few posts have been distinctly more political and heated. I had felt a strong need to write about something that impassioned me. The state of a group of seniors’ situation in a place in which I’m deeply familiar. That story hasn’t ended. And, I will keep a strong eye on it until it…

  • How deeply do we care…Action not just words…

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    Last Saturday night I watched a documentary called “What About Me?“. I scanned through comedies, dramas, and documentaries to find something that would soothe my despair over losing a friend to suicide last week. Imagining the incredibly bright light of Haigan Day in her final darkness alone sent myself stumbling blindly. “What About Me?” was…

  • Beyond Belief, Booze over Elders…

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    Yes, it’s true. The PEI government has chosen to construct a new liquor store in the community of Montague, Prince Edward Island, and postpone, once again, their 2009, 2015, 2016 promise of a brand new Riverview Manor, residence for seniors, to (we’ll see) 2017. BUT, the new liquor store will be ready for business in…

  • Keep Going….

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    Trilby Jeeves
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    Today, the announcement for the new government liquor store in Montague was published by CBC in a positive light, gleefully optimistic about an increase in liquor sales next year, in their new building that will be constructed. A new building that will break ground as soon as ….. next week. Ready for an opening in…

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