Deb Mac

Is it really me -- Deb MacDonald, writing on her blog?  How is this possible?  I see that I haven't written anything since driving a SMA...

We've been away.  On a western adventure yet again.  To Manitoba -- Natalie's new house.  We flew out a couple of weeks ago and reun...

This is my last week of teaching music until September.  I usually have a music night in June to let the students highlight their talent, bu...

It is COLD!   Jon and Alicia, Afton, Jack, Ivy and Croy are currently canoeing the current of the mighty Restigouche River.  We were suppose...

I would love to go through the whole house and clean it today.  But will I?  No.  The idea is good, but I get too distracted with all the th...

This has already been quite a week, and it is only Tuesday.  It started on Saturday, where Doug and I worked at Camp Shiktehawk in Bristol. ...

I've had many 'firsts' in my life -- first love, first marriage, first baby, first diagnosis of cancer, first other things, but ...

When you can't sleep at night, get up.   Stop lying in bed, tossing and turning, convincing yourself that you are almost asleep.  Why wa...

Some days, I have the most interesting of experiences.  It started Friday morning, where a wild and wonderful group of women showed up at th...

What a day -- I taught music from 11:30 AM to 6:30 PM.  It's hard to keep your momentum and excitement for all the students, but I think...

Wow.  What a great weekend at Camp T -- Women's Retreat.   A bunch of wild and wonderful women, of all ages.  40+  Too busy to get a hea...

Friday we took off for Woodstock.  Again.  It was Doug's 4th trip last week and by the time yesterday finished, he had made five trips u...

Yesterday it rained so hard and for so long that we had major flooding -- in the yard, and POURING in our basement walls.  Like a waterfall ...

We had a great time in Blaine Maine in an A-Frame.  A few days of rest, relaxation, and researching my geneology.  Yes, part of me is Irish ...

You know, if you need a vacation, create one.  Even in your own hometown.  We took Granny & Jed on a mini-adventure around Freddytown.  ...

I do love snow days.  I love the feeling of being sheltered inside the warm house.  I had a few brave parents brave the snow, sleet, hail an...

Preparing for an afternoon tea -- will it be high tea or low tea?

Today's error -- trying to make a bank deposit in the bank machine without actually putting anything in the envelope!  So I made another...

1.  You know you are distracted  when you put laundry soap in the washer, let it fill with HOT water, put cover down, and go clear to the SP...

I had the ladies write poems at the Greenhill Lake retreat.   Here is Carolyn's poem.  Enjoy! THE FLOWER by Carolyn Carr I am a f...