One of the most interesting parts of my job is the people that I get to meet. I recently invited John Howard, former Prime Minister of Aust...

I'm nearing the end of my first week of really focused training. So far, so good. To keep myself motivated on my Tuesday run, I dug o...

Last week I had my first pool session - only 8 months to go until the Penticton Ironman ( http://www.ironman.ca/ ) and I was thinking the ti...

I'm pretty excited to be hosting former Australian Prime Minister John Howard here on February 2 at the Four Seasons. http://www.fraseri...

So I've been blogging for 10 minutes now and so far no one is "following" me. I take no personal offence to that... : )

I've been following the public clamour for bailouts with quite a bit of interest. I would prefer that the market (all of us as individua...

One of my New Year's "intentions" is to read a book a week. You might be surprised where I got the inspiration from - I rec...

Okay, this is pretty funny. I've decided to get "with it" and create a blog. So I go into Blogger.com to create one and leahco...

December 2008 Dear Friend/Family Member/Facebook Acquaintance, I am delighted to be wishing you and your husband/wife/kid/kids/cat/dog/o...

It's taken me 3 days to write this email - you'll see why below! Please note my disclaimer that I was brought in to help with this e...

For the first time (aside from the desert sand and heat surrounding every city) I feel like I have arrived in an area that much more meets m...

Good morning! I've just figured out that I've hit the airport(s) 6 times in 6 days. Another 9 between now and November 11th - how ...

We're tracing the steps that we will do with our group when they arrive next week in the 4 cities that we're taking them to and so s...

THE LIST John just found a small pad of paper with my mother’s handwriting still beautiful but shaky. With a list of 13 dates writt...

STILL HERE We’re sitting on the porch and I’m reflecting and being quiet John’s talking. We should do this and we should do that and ...

THE MORNING AFTER Before she got diagnosed the second, and final time I asked her how she was feeling about her post-cancer life. At that ti...

May 30, 2008 - 3:15 pm Her breathing’s really slow and her eye lids flutter and it’s really quiet. But there are some birds chirping outside...

DROWNING I don’t know the medical term for it but she’s got some kind of fluid bubbling up in the back of her throat. Her already strained b...

LAST WORDS In the movies it seems like people say their last words and then shut their eyes and they’re gone. After 12 hours of her being un...

BREATHING She’s been unconscious for over 12 hours now. Which might not seem like a long time if you’re lying on a beach on your last day of...