Creative Minds
I’ve wanted to take a photo of this mailbox since I moved to London nearly 4 years ago.  Not only is it an original, it’s also a lesson in recycling and customization! …
July 2012
Nastiness in the Grocery Store
I will try to keep the grossness factor to a bare minimum here but a recent article published by Mother Nature Network exposes some little-known facts about what we eat, especially if it comes from the US. Â They flipped through the Food and Drug Administration’s rules and found that some of them are pretty darn loosey-goosey when it comes to stuff you or I would find unpalatable. Â It’s even more reason to make sure your purchase is packed in Canada. Â …
Alec Baldwin Coming to London
Baldwin, complete with his bad attitude and evolving girth, is one of my favourite performers.  It has just been announced that he will be here in London in November to speak at a medical gathering on behalf of the Dana and Christopher Reeve Foundation which he has long supported. …
Smokescreen
Recently in Arizona and Nevada, with the sun beaming down on us through a cloudless sky in a temperature of 108F, we didn’t have any sun protection on. Â Oh I had slathered us both with Neutrogena’s 110 SPF sunscreen but it turns out that it was about as effective as covering our bodies with chicken fat.
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Giving Motorcyclists a Bad Name
A colleague recently said to me, “Every biker that rides past me acts like an a**hole!” Â …
House Proud – The Look is Chic but the Price is Cheap, Toronto Sun
It’s a common household issue: you want to remodel a bathroom or a kitchen but you’re on a budget. You can do most of the work yourself but some of the prices on replacement sinks and showers can get out of control. A Canadian company is streamlining the business model for popular products such as showers and sinks and in the process, it’s keeping costs low.  If you have a little know-how and like your décor to have clean lines and a modern style, Artika may have just what you need. …
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Please, Fence Me In
Yes it’s hot. Yes it’s very humid.  But on holiday Monday we started a project that has turned into what every simple project around the home turns into: a much BIGGER project. …
En Route to Self-Publishing
Here’s where my little book currently stands: Â It is about to be professionally edited. Â This is a step that a lot of people skip and boy, does it show. Â You simply cannot edit your own work with the same critical eye that someone else can give it. Â It is not possible. I’ve been writing professionally for much more than a decade now and I don’t submit a thing without having another set of eyes look it over. Â And when they find something and point it out, the piece always ends up better for it. Â Â …
Teach A Woman to Fish…
I love how small our world is becoming when it comes to being able to give those who need it a helping hand. Â …
Review: Fifty Shades of Grey
You’ve likely heard about the phenomenon that is the Grey trilogy, beginning with the first book, Fifty Shades of Grey.  Millions of copies have been snapped up by mainly women readers and it shows no signs of slowing down. …
1961 Communicates with 2012
We took the Rambler out for a drive yesterday. Â Destination: Bayfield. Â She performed well although her dashboard light has decided to conk out. Â Good thing we got home before dark. Â …