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What I Learned On My Summer Vacation. Part 2

By Janet Graham - Last updated: Thursday, July 14, 2011

This summer I am spending almost two full months at our cottage in Muskoka and for most of the month of July it will be my beloved and I on our own. This is a first for me and for us. I thought I would post weekly about what I am learning from this new adventure. This is my second post. The delight my beloved dog Oakley gets from swimming. He could spend the entire day in the water. He is training us to take him swimming by picking up a tennis ball in his mouth and staring deeply at us and if we don’t get the message he slips down to the lake and waits for us to miss ...

What I Learned On My Summer Vacation. Part 1

By Janet Graham - Last updated: Thursday, July 7, 2011

This summer I am spending almost two full months at our cottage in Muskoka and for most of the month of July it will be my beloved and I on our own. This is a first for me and for us. I thought I would post weekly about what I am learning from this new adventure. The luxurious feeling of reading an issue of Vogue from cover to cover and the inspiration which comes from being completely relaxed while reading it. Specifically, being inspired to watch the 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci movie The Conformist, to check out Nomad Tanzania (www.nomad-tanzania.com), to read the Harry Potter books and see the movies, by the fierce attitude of the young star of these movies Emma ...