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The Diary of 40-Something and Adult Skater: 29 Then 40
Throwback to a RCA Walkman – When iTunes and Spotify Fail
An app on my Smartphone keeps crashing. Today, I spent two hours talking to Fido. When the app crashes, my display screen changes. But the worst thing happened for the first time. One second I was listening to Disturbed on Spotify and – after a reboot – it returned as “ad supported.” And my main concern […]
Throwbacks Thursday – Who Loved Skating: Nostalgia of the 80s and 90s
It started between You and I – Why I love ballads
I’m a sucker for a ballad. Especially when it’s from the 1980s and edge of the 1990s. Don’t get me wrong, current bands can still pump out great music, but the songs from way back take me back. I remember one of the first ballads I ever heard. My mom just tucked my sister and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Pedalling for a cure
In 2009 when Stephie Gagnon was 6 ½ years old, her world changed from relaxed skating lessons to being rushed to the Stollery where she was diagnosed with a life-threatening auto-immune disease. Her mom, Sheila, said Stephie began to exhibit … Continue reading
Posted in auto-immune disease, figure skating, ice skating, Juvenile Dermatomyositis [JDM], Skate Alberta-NWT/Nunavut, Skate Canada, Stephie’s Bike Tour, Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, The Stollery
Tagged @Stephbiketour, Extreme Edge Skating Club, JDM, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee, Stephie, Stephie Gagnon
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