So the lazy blogger (that would be Rick) accused me the other day of not posting enough on his blog. Funny, before then, I didn’t realise I was SUPPOSED to. Originally I was only supposed to be a fill-in, but apparently now I’m a regular. Go figure.
I think that it’s interesting that Mark brought up the discussion about the Gardiner Expressway. Last week I stumbled across a document written by a city planner about the history of Toronto’s freeways, expressways and the like. I found it absolutely fascinating that Toronto was originally supposed to have a large network of highways throughout the city, and pretty much all of them got axed. For an interesting read, you can find it on this site. Beware, though, the document is 115 pages, in PDF format. The link will take you to an introduction HTML page, it’s not linked directly to the PDF.
On another note, September 20 was a bit of a sad anniversary for me. It was two years ago that my mother passed away from heart failure. She passed peacefully, thank goodness – she was found sitting up in bed with the light on, book in her lap, glasses still on. It came as a bit of a surprise, really, she’d been feeling a bit off for a week or so, but was starting to feel better. *sigh* I really miss her.
A few years before she died, my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through all the necessary treatment (including a mastectomy) and was able to beat it… but then they found a lump on the other side, and she had to go through it all again. She honestly is one of the bravest people I’ve ever known – going through cancer treatment twice and never once complaining about it. If I was wearing a hat, I’d take it off to her. Thankfully after all was said and done, she’d beaten it cleanly (I like to think she was simply more stubborn than the cancer was :) ) and went on to live another five years or so as happily as cranky Welsh women can.
This year, I decided to take part in the annual 5km CIBC Run for the Cure to raise money for breast cancer research. I wasn’t going to post anything about it, but Rick encouraged me to at least put it out there and to ask if any of the loyal OverAnything.com readers were interested in sponsoring me. I know it’s short notice (seeing as the run is this Sunday, October 1) but it can’t hurt to ask. If anyone is interested in sponsoring a good cause, getting a tax receipt for a charitable donation, and wants to make a fellow OA’er feel really good, then I would kindly direct you to this page and sponsor me.
I really appreciate any support that you kind readers are willing to offer, be it monetary or moral.
Thanks for your time.