When Facebook Shrunk the World

By Allison Smith | May 27, 2019 |

I was an air force brat, and in 1988 my dad was posted (military jargon for moving with job transfer) from Ottawa to Germany. For the first year or so I kept in touch with friends “back home” with post cards, but that soon tired.  In 1994 I was back in Canada with a new…

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The Calm Before the Storm

By Allison Smith | February 20, 2019 |

I am closer to retirement than college. I have always been busy. Three kids, a career, a business, volunteering, and juggling it all with a husband in the army who is away as much as he’s home. And now, all the sudden, I don’t even know. My husband is home (short lived I’m sure), and…

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How Ya Doin’ Bye

By Allison Smith | January 2, 2019 |

I have always loved Halifax. It is a beautiful city. The entire waterfront is a postcard waiting to be captured. That was my view as a tourist, and it was accurate.  Now as a resident, I can’t help but compare my new home with the old. So let’s start with the home itself. I am…

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