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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
It’s strangely easy to forget to we have a Great Lake only a few kilometers away from our front door.
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It’s okay and so are you
Earlier this week I asked readers to send me a question, as part of this week's writing challenge. My favourite question, and my answer, below: Dear J/W: Is it okay to just ask people over for coffee and dessert … [Read more ...]
Not a substitute for medical advice
I've always loved advice columns. When I was a teenager, the local paper ran one of Dear Abby or Ann Landers, and the city paper (The Toronto Star) the other; whenever I read the news, which was daily, I always saved … [Read more ...]
Mid-month phone dumpth (May)
All photos shot with my iPhone 4, composite created using the PicFrame app. … [Read more ...]
I smell a (big black-and-white) rat
So here's how my lunch hour went down. I'm sitting in the living room, pulling together a blog post (for work), when Juno wanders out into the front porch. Nothing unusual there; she likes to dig through the drawer … [Read more ...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
Canadians aren't really known for waving the flag, but you sure wouldn't know that from visiting this aisle at a Toronto dollar store.More at The Daily Post weekly photo challenge. … [Read more ...]
A Mother’s Day reminder
(This was originally posted in February 2013 but it seemed like a good time for a repost!) I have some fairly well-entrenched views when it comes to Mother's Day, as in it should be celebrated, and let's please be … [Read more ...]
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Most DIY/crafty posts include list of the things you need to complete the project: hot glue gun, Cat 5 cable, pipe cleaners, etc. What they really should come with is a list of warnings. Something like this: Do … [Read more ...]
