Corrall Your Pals at the Canals
One of Derek’s cousins recently moved to a place I’d never heard of. How could “the Venice of Ontario” escape my attention all these years?
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Seeking Seriously Crispy Bacon
It’s a well known fact that my husband loves bacon. Over the years he’s been given everything from bacon-flavoured lip balm to bacon-scented air fresheners.
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A Budding Novelist’s Update
“Tell me the secret to writing a book?” “Um, well, you sit down and write a book.”
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Tiny Font People
Are you irked by tiny fonts? Find them unnecessarily exclusionary? Wish you could tell tiny font people to increase their sizes, even a little bit?
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The Noise in Our Heads
The popularity of weight-loss drugs has revealed something so universal to some of us and unknown to others: food noise.
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If You Can Read This Post
I wear my sunglasses at night and I’m still not up to being on the computer!
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Tooting My Own Horn for Want of a Tooter
Marketing is difficult. Marketing oneself is a real challenge.
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Lucky Nacho – Update
When my brother comes to visit, he brings his wonderful dog, Nacho. It has been a privilege to watch this beautiful animal blossom into the confident, friendly dog she is today. Oh, she still has her demons, I’m sure, earned from trauma in her early life. But she’s a valued member of the family. And I thought today, after their Easter visit, I’d take you back to when Kevin first discovered her. Here is my original post from 2017:
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“Some people have a way with words…
…others, not have way!” ~Steve Martin
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Judge My Book by Its Cover
I’m deep in the throes of imposter syndrome. I know novelists who make their living from the sales of their books, so who am I to write one?
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One Hundred Women Who Care, Local Chapter
Somewhere in the periphery of my life, I’d heard about 100 Women Who Care. But I don’t remember ever speaking to anyone about it, or fully knowing how it helped charities.
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Something New Afoot
Several years ago, I wrote a blog post about a foot-smoothing machine I called the best I’d ever used.
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The Hallmark Holiday of Love
Ah, Valentine’s Day. In a new relationship, it’s a big deal. At the end of a relationship, you just wish it didn’t exist.
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Throwing the Book (Suggestions) at You
We’re all going to read the Stephen Kings and James Pattersons and Oprah picks and the works of other best-selling authors we love. That’s a given. For me, part of the purpose of reading is the joy of discovery. Sometimes that means taking a chance on a book from someone new.
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2025 Greetings and News
Does anyone else have the haunting strains of Zager and Evans’ only hit song in their head? 2025 is 500 years away from In the Year 2525, which went to #1 in 1969. But it can’t help but come to mind for those of us raised on pop music. This particular song was pretty dark so it cut through alongside peppy tunes of its time like Sugar, Sugar and I Can’t Get Next To You. (For a refresher, the video is at the end of this post.)
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Top 5 Fave Things About 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, I’m looking back at the year with gratitude. We keep a jar of “good things.” When something happens throughout the year we write it down and read them on New Year’s Eve. Otherwise, it’s easy to forget how much GOOD there was, even the small things, like finding a new recipe that’s a big hit.
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One Special Day to Celebrate Men
How did you mark International Men’s Day? I’m betting you didn’t even know it happened.
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A Jaunt to Southern Georgian Bay
The wonderful woman who has been acting as my fiction Book Agent suggested that I attend an event for authors in Collingwood. Knowing good advice when I hear it, I got tickets for Derek and me and we made a getaway of it.
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