by pattihenderson | Jun 17, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
Actually, the whole quote by Marx is “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it is too dark to read.” 🙂  This morning I am looking through my notes taken at this past week’s Association of Canadian Publisher’s...
by pattihenderson | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized, Weekend Adventures
I just got back from a relaxing trip back home to see my folks in Forest. It seems that with each visit we spend more time reminiscing about “The Good Old Days”, telling our usual stories that start with “Do you remember when…” or pulling...
by pattihenderson | May 27, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
When you are lucky enough to get the chance to peer out upon the mighty Atlantic from the vantage point of lovely Peggy’s Cove, it is certainly a hopeful view. The bracing ocean air fills your lungs like only Canadian coastlines can, and you feel at one with...
by pattihenderson | May 23, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
I have been thinking a lot about freedom since taking this shot in charming Peggy’s Cove last weekend. Â Clearly, having a boat to either fish with or tool about in was this person’s idea of freedom. On the bright, sunny Saturday I took this shot, my...
by pattihenderson | May 6, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
Actually, the full quote from Charles Dickens goes as follows: “Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.” Â I could not have said it better myself, but adding a...
by pattihenderson | Apr 30, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
Lime green, not unlike Tangerine Orange, is my happy colour!  When I saw this vibrant assortment of iconic Fiesta-ware at The Beaumont Antique Mill in picturesque Glen Williams Saturday, my day was made. Let me start at the beginning… The day dawned bright and...
by pattihenderson | Mar 25, 2012 | Uncategorized, Weekend Adventures
This is perhaps one of my most favourite quotes from a brilliant re-telling of C.S. Lewis’ later life as a teacher at Oxford, the kleenex-required movie Shadowlands. In the movie Lewis shares the quote above with a serious young university student who...
by pattihenderson | Mar 11, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
Who would not love Toronto on such a fine spring day? I just got back from a glorious walk along the Toronto Beaches Boardwalk with my dear “publishing gals”, a tasty brunch in a local Beaches coffee shop whose owners know my coffee preferences and say hi...
by pattihenderson | Mar 4, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
Don’t you just love it when things come together? I have been thinking about convergence all weekend. It started with my drive home to my folk’s place in Forest. I try to take the back roads as often as possible – it is why the Jeep was invented! Â On...
by pattihenderson | Feb 19, 2012 | Weekend Adventures
As many of you know, I spent part of last week in hectic, frenetic, exciting New York City. Â I was fortunate to attend a conference called Tools of Change, a publishing industry gathering of the brightest and best intent on learning how to not only survive but...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.