Erin’s Journals

Monday, March 24, 2025

Just a thought… There are moments that the words don’t reach There is a grace too powerful to name We push away what we can never understand We push away the unimaginable. (Lin-Manuel Miranda, playwright, Hamilton) We’re marking this day in a positive way. She should have turned 34 today. I could not put our

Rob WhiteheadMonday, March 24, 2025
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Monday, March 17, 2025

Just a thought… Stay Calm and Erin Go Bragh. Happy St. Patrick’s Day if you celebrate. I have an Irish king (John) in my family tree but even that wouldn’t get me a free Guinness in Dublin, I’m sure. So I’m happily a Canadian Queenager instead. We’ll call this blog a Long Day’s Journey into

Rob WhiteheadMonday, March 17, 2025
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Monday, March 10, 2025

Just a thought… It’s not about being woke; it’s about being human, about treating others with dignity and respect. [Jameela Jamil] I had an entirely different blog written for today, but after a little video I posted got a ton of reactions, it seemed important to tell another side of what’s happening between Canada and

Rob WhiteheadMonday, March 10, 2025
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Monday, March 3, 2025

Just a thought… Even the worst days have an ending, and the best days have a beginning. [Jennifer Coletta] Okay, for the final time, I will repeat that we’re in the US because we planned and paid for this trip long before the November election, and without prescience of the tariff ridiculousness that has kicked

Rob WhiteheadMonday, March 3, 2025
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Monday, February 24, 2025

Just a thought… Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. [Denis Waitley] “It’s just a game,” he said. “It’s just a day,” I said. In the end we were both wrong, but here’s how our 37th anniversary went horribly, wonderfully awry. As I’ve shared, I’m in Palm Springs, California ’til

Rob WhiteheadMonday, February 24, 2025
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