My 2018 Christmas newsletter and card
Here is the 2018 edition of my Christmas newsletter: 2018 has been a productive and all-around wonderful year and I look forward to further growth in 2019. Here’s my Christmas card:
Category: Nathanielisms
My 2017 Christmas newsletter and card
Greetings from Nanaimo! I’m enjoying a very nice Christmas in my hometown of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. It’s always great to reconnect with old friends and relatives. Anyways, here’s...
My 2016 Christmas newsletter
GREETINGS FROM NANAIMO! I like to send out a Christmas card and newsletter every year and 2016 was no exception. I miss the days of print media so I welcome any and every opportunity to produce a prin...
My Charles and Camilla china collection
I have always liked the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall so I’m happy to note that today marks their tenth wedding anniversary. In 2005 I sent them my best wishes for a long and happy marri...
The summer of cake
“Happy birthday Doris!” This summer I took a creative non-fiction continuing education course at Langara College. For the last class the instructor thought it would be a nice idea if everyone brought ...
Climbing Burnaby Mountain!
In the Sound of Music Mother Abbess tells us through song to climb every mountain. She probably wasn’t referring to actual mountains but I think it’s a powerful message of hope. So, with that song in ...
Fifteen years as a journalist
I have been a journalist for 15 years today. On this date in 1998 the first issue of the Mind’s Eye, a youth newspaper in my hometown of Nanaimo, British Columbia, was published. I was part of the you...
Satanic beverages‽
In case you don’t know Housemate and I drink a LOT of beverages which is his euphuism for pop. It’s hard to say how much we drink – I try not to count. But whenever I start to run out of space to stor...
Kim Jong Il and Nathaniel – separated at birth?
Well, I guess now is a good a time as any to pull this photo out of the archives. It was taken in about 1983. I think I look like Kim Jong Il… Housemate says I don’t. “Firstly, your ...
I got rid of my foster care file!
I guess this counts as a little addendum to my 2008 documentary about my foster care file. I conclude the program by saying “I’m probably just going to put it in one of my closets, I’...