RosalindGardner.me https://rosalindgardner.me/ Consumate Traveler, RVer, Blogger and Nova's Mom. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 01:49:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://rosalindgardner.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-32x32.png RosalindGardner.me https://rosalindgardner.me/ 32 32 Air Canada: Has Cake and Eats it Too https://rosalindgardner.me/air-canada-has-cake-and-eats-it-too/ https://rosalindgardner.me/air-canada-has-cake-and-eats-it-too/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 01:53:53 +0000 https://rosalindgardner.me/?p=23898 To end a month-long trip to Europe, I booked flights on Air Canada from Toronto to Penticton on July 2nd, 2022, using 65,000 points accrued through my RBC account, plus $650.00. The flights were scheduled to depart Toronto at noon, arrive in Vancouver at 14:18, then leave Vancouver at 17:10, arriving at Penticton at 18:01 […]

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]]> https://rosalindgardner.me/rip-jasper-the-chocolate-labrador/feed/ 0 My Cancer Journey: Why would a Writer NOT Write about their Cancer Journey? https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-why-not-write-about-cancer/ https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-why-not-write-about-cancer/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2021 01:22:23 +0000 https://rosalindgardner.me/?p=23873 If you read “My Cancer Journey: One Year in a Nutshell” and wondered why I only encapsulated what felt like a very long year, dealing both with the COVID pandemic and my experience with cancer, well, here is your answer. I did contemplate blogging every day to memorialize my experience with cancer as so many […]

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]]> https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-why-not-write-about-cancer/feed/ 1 My Cancer Journey: One Year in a Nutshell https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-one-year-in-a-nutshell/ https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-one-year-in-a-nutshell/#respond Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:59:22 +0000 https://rosalindgardner.me/?p=23866 After the horrific experience with the locum at my doctor’s office on July 26th, 2019, where the locum pronounces me dead, our Canadian / British Columbia medical system took over… thank goodness! I was booked for multitudinous tests and doctor appointments (see list below), including one with my own doctor who discovered a suspicious piece […]

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]]> https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-one-year-in-a-nutshell/feed/ 0 My Cancer Journey: The Worst Day Ever https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-the-worst-day-ever/ https://rosalindgardner.me/my-cancer-journey-the-worst-day-ever/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:30:41 +0000 https://rosalindgardner.me/?p=23860 On returning to Canada after learning that I had lesions on both my lungs and probably had cancer, I immediately phoned my doctor’s office to book an appointment, which they had refused to make when Ed phoned them and explained the issue. Fortunately, the appointment was made for the next day, July 26th, 2019. Unfortunately, […]

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