![Just reading this article on the BBC site about expats returning back to their home country only to find that the culture shock is greater than the initial culture shock […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170806_144629-195x110.jpg "An Expat Returning Home")
![Every year on Gabriola, the Lion’s Club presents Concert on the Green. Essentially, the gradual slope to the side of the Gabriola Golf Course get’s turned into an open air […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170810_150651-195x110.jpg "Gabriola’s Concert on the Green")
![I had forgotten how much fun it can be to play music and sing. Have been meeting some lovely new people here on the island. One couple who moved here […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170805_230647-195x110.jpg "Socialising Gabriola Style")
![Every night this little sneaky raccoon comes up from its hiding place to eat the seeds that the birds have dropped from the feeders. I think it is a female […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170801_210658-195x110.jpg)
![Well the heat wave is continuing. However with all the wildfires burning in BC, and with the current air stream, the smoke has blown over the coast reducing visibility. Normally […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170803_064037-195x110.jpg "Crimson Red")
![Hummingbirds. They are such amazing little birds. I love them. They don’t exist in the UK so I have not seen them for over 6 years. But now back in […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170730_201907-195x110.jpg "Hummmmminnnnngggggbirdssss")
What does Sara have to say?
Writing to you from: British Columbia
Weather: Warming up because spring is here but we are all stuck inside because of Covid-19
Crazy times this Covid-19. Not sure what I think about the whole lock down approach. At the end of the day the death rate is likely 0.1% – like the standard flu – since they are not testing the bulk of people. So will it be worth the impact to people’s lives or is this Orwellian times creeping up on us
Sara’s OP ED
If people want to be in your life they make an effort. If they don’t, then you are better off without them.
It’s not that we have a philosophical difference with the fuel industry, it is just that their business model is destroying the planet!
~Bill McKibben~May we never let the pettiness of past lives filter into the grandeur of our own!
We can’t change whether people love us or not; people that love us, love us unconditionally.
What we see is what our mind projects to be true. Don’t like what you see, change your thoughts.
You are beautiful being who and what you are, and no one should ever try to shut you down nor should you let them. Shine with the brightness of what the Universe gave you.
The first to apologize is the bravest; the first to forgive is the wisest; and the first to forget is the happiest.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Blogroll
- Air Treks – Round the World Travel Agency
- Bamboo Hostel
- Couch Surfing Site
- Cromwell Website
- Elm Lodge, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Facebook.com
- Fiji Beachouse
- Grandmont Gites in France – an amazing place to stay
- Hostelche Hostel in Belgrade
- Hostels.com
- House Sitting
- Mind My House
- Montenegro Hostel Kotor – an excellent place to stay
- Toronto Travel Massive
- Travel within New Zealand
![Just reading this article on the BBC site about expats returning back to their home country only to find that the culture shock is greater than the initial culture shock […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170806_144629-640x250.jpg "An Expat Returning Home")
Just reading this article on the BBC site about expats returning back to their home country only to find that the culture shock is greater than the initial culture shock […]
![Every year on Gabriola, the Lion’s Club presents Concert on the Green. Essentially, the gradual slope to the side of the Gabriola Golf Course get’s turned into an open air […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170810_150651-640x250.jpg "Gabriola’s Concert on the Green")
Every year on Gabriola, the Lion’s Club presents Concert on the Green. Essentially, the gradual slope to the side of the Gabriola Golf Course get’s turned into an open air […]
![I had forgotten how much fun it can be to play music and sing. Have been meeting some lovely new people here on the island. One couple who moved here […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170805_230647-640x250.jpg "Socialising Gabriola Style")
I had forgotten how much fun it can be to play music and sing. Have been meeting some lovely new people here on the island. One couple who moved here […]
![Every night this little sneaky raccoon comes up from its hiding place to eat the seeds that the birds have dropped from the feeders. I think it is a female […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170801_210658-640x250.jpg)
![Well the heat wave is continuing. However with all the wildfires burning in BC, and with the current air stream, the smoke has blown over the coast reducing visibility. Normally […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170803_064037-640x250.jpg "Crimson Red")
Well the heat wave is continuing. However with all the wildfires burning in BC, and with the current air stream, the smoke has blown over the coast reducing visibility. Normally […]
![Hummingbirds. They are such amazing little birds. I love them. They don’t exist in the UK so I have not seen them for over 6 years. But now back in […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_20170730_201907-640x250.jpg "Hummmmminnnnngggggbirdssss")
Hummingbirds. They are such amazing little birds. I love them. They don’t exist in the UK so I have not seen them for over 6 years. But now back in […]
![So I arrive on Gabriola on 19 July. I finally get to the property a number of days later having been informed by my friends that it is a bit […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170729_090939-640x250.jpg "Land’s End … or is that Beginning")
So I arrive on Gabriola on 19 July. I finally get to the property a number of days later having been informed by my friends that it is a bit […]
![So the deer here on Gabriola are a bit like rats, they are everywhere and they have no natural predator on the island. I can’t deny that they are pretty […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170727_134833-640x250.jpg "Blazing Sunshine and Deer")
So the deer here on Gabriola are a bit like rats, they are everywhere and they have no natural predator on the island. I can’t deny that they are pretty […]
![I have some wonderful friends here on the island. Aside from me having a great place to live for the next year whilst I figure out my next steps, I […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170726_163708-640x250.jpg "A Beautiful View")
I have some wonderful friends here on the island. Aside from me having a great place to live for the next year whilst I figure out my next steps, I […]
![Life is always filled with highs and lows. Filled with love and passion. We always try our best to be all we can be and love completely those we love. […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/P1000322-480x250.jpg "Life")
Life is always filled with highs and lows. Filled with love and passion. We always try our best to be all we can be and love completely those we love. […]
![So it has been 5 years I have lived in the UK and it has been a lovely experience with both positive and negative influences. I have a new piece […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/5-640x250.jpg "Jumping Back Across the Pond")
So it has been 5 years I have lived in the UK and it has been a lovely experience with both positive and negative influences. I have a new piece […]
![k. I haven’t posted in awhile but I have felt compelled to. I have aves been living in Britain now for two and a half years. One thing I have […]](http://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Greek Restaurant Etiquette Needs to return to Britain")
k. I haven’t posted in awhile but I have felt compelled to. I have aves been living in Britain now for two and a half years. One thing I have […]
![Welcome from my long absence. What can I say – life got in the way – work, bathing, working out, friends – etc… It is amazing how short 24 hours […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DSC02509-e1384780712520.jpg "HELLO FOLKS")
Welcome from my long absence. What can I say – life got in the way – work, bathing, working out, friends – etc… It is amazing how short 24 hours […]
![And it was amazing. I headed down there with my friends and sat on the beach on a glorious sunny hot day and watched an amazing array of aviation acrobatics. […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DSC02617-640x250.jpg "Bournemouth Hosts its Most Successful Airshow EVER")
And it was amazing. I headed down there with my friends and sat on the beach on a glorious sunny hot day and watched an amazing array of aviation acrobatics. […]
![I have lived here almost a year. One iconic visual presence is the Bournemouth hot air balloon. Well to be honest, I don’t know if I can call it hot […]](https://sarajanespersonalodyssey.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG01322-20130901-2002-640x250.jpg "Up Up and Away")
I have lived here almost a year. One iconic visual presence is the Bournemouth hot air balloon. Well to be honest, I don’t know if I can call it hot […]
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Opinions and Points of View
The opinions and points of view stated within this BLOG are those and only those of the author. They are not meant to offend anyone but come from the always curious and questioning mind of the writer. Observing the world around me is just who I am, questioning non-sequiturs is just part of the process.Comments from those who visit my Blog and my responses to them
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