I found this thought in one of my e-mails that I have sent to myself on February 25, 2008 “Life might take you to a place that you never imagined. Don’t despair,  for where you are is where you are ought to be.” I found this picture taken on February 17, 2008 in Ste. Agathe, Quebec. Gary and I went there after leading Sunday morning worship celebration at Morin Heights United Church. It was perchance we found this dog sledding competition. A true gift to us; especially to Gary, the day after his 44th birthday – it was a Joy … Read more

A quiet day. Cleaning files. Gathering things around the house to donate. Preparing to face the new year more organized and calm. I wanted to have a cup of tea before bedtime. While heading to the kitchen I wondered, “Where is Maya?” But Maya is not around. She passed away on October 12, 2016 (Yom Kippur). I did not make anything out of it and did not say a thing, because we are dog sitting and wondered if having that little princess with us was making me think of Maya. But we had had this little princess with us since … Read more

What an AMAZING Gift to hear the students of my childhood school reciting one of my poems… Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School, thank you for giving me a Faith-filled foundation to grow upon and making my Christmas 2016 an extra special one… May Blessings of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love abound at this Christmas Time and ALWAYS. My Prayers are with you!   www.facebook.com/shamlian.tatigian/videos/630100447174326      

It was the early morning of Thursday, December 13, 1984, before I was up to get ready to go to school the phone rang. It would always ring at weird hours of the day due to the time difference between Lebanon and California. But this ring was different and it made me jump out of bed and say, “Dad” and tears started to flow down my cheeks. My sister was on the phone in her bedroom and a few minutes later I heard her crying. I went to see her and my feelings were right – our father had passed … Read more

What an exciting moment to receive an e-mail this morning from the Galerie du Séminaire, in regards to the photos i had submitted for the Vernissage that will take place early 2017… Here is a portion of the e-mail. “Dear Takouhi, We are so pleased that you chose to engage with us in the UTC Galerie project “LET THERE BE LIGHT”. Thank you very much! It was encouraging to receive so many photos. This gives impetus to consider future themes for photographic works. You will be invited to the Vernissage for “Let There Be Light” and we will be sending … Read more

I was so glad to see this commercial on TV this past week. I wanted to share it with you… May we embrace diversity and Celebrate all the Gifts each one of us bring. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amazon-christmas-advert-commercial-sainsburys-youtube-dinatokio-diversity-marketing-pr-brexit-donald-a7447826.html

I am not sure how many of you have used the new ATM machines at the bank. The other day, I had a few dollars to deposit, collected monies from the sale of my book; and there was a long line up to see a teller, so I decided to go to the ATM machine. The new machines do not require any envelope for your deposits, they take them as they are, or do they? The machine does the counting of the deposited items up to forty pieces at a time. I did not have forty items to deposit; however, … Read more