About me

My name is Elaine. After thirty-two years of living in rural Alberta, raising our family and teaching school, my husband and I retired and spent a year teaching conversational English in Japan and traveling in Asia.  We returned home in March of this year and enjoyed a cross Canada trip this summer. While I originally started this blog to share our Asian experience with friends and family, I have enjoyed writing it so much that I intend to keep it going indefinitely.

I am the mother of three grown children, mother-in-law of two, and grandmother of one with two more on the way. I enjoy reading, writing, drama, golfing, travelling, camping, canoeing and riding my bike. I’m a blue jeans kind of girl who loves teddy bears and believes that chocolate is an essential food group. I believe in living life to the fullest and am always ready to try something new.  In addition to all our travels, since retiring from teaching I’ve become a seasonal farm labourer and have learned to operate some very large machinery.  Not bad for a city bred girl!

I am also wholly committed to my faith in Christ and my very best friend is my husband, Richard.