Throwback Thursday – Baby Love
I was pretty sure I’d never be a Mom. But I got to scratch my Mommy itch when Tabitha and I became Big and Little Sisters a long, long time ago. Â …
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Personal Life
March of Dimes
Science is my guiding force in this life. I’m not likely to believe in things I can’t see and although I don’t pooh-pooh anyone else’s philosophies of life, I have a healthy skepticism for them. Live and let live, I say. So imagine my surprise when I found out that I’d been experiencing a paranormal phenomenon, without even realizing it. …
An Ode to Mornings
Before he became our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau was asked in an interview what kind of coffee he liked to drink. “I don’t drink coffee, actually”, he responded. “I learned that it was addictive and didn’t want anything to have a hold over me.” Â …
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Throwback Thursday – Teenage Hijinks
Can kids get away with now what we got away with back in the day? These days, you can track teens with a smartphone app. In my youth, my parents just had to hope I’d do what they taught me and survive. …
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Kitty News
We’ve been a two-cat household for more than a month now and things have settled into a routine. Our new adoptee Sugar, or Miss Sugar, is a delight. Spice is making sure she knows she’s #2 and he’s #1. There have been some incidents of hissing and chasing but no actual fights. They even get affectionate sometimes. …
Remembrance Day, 2015
Derek’s Dad was just 21 in 1943 when he answered the call to fight in WWII.Â
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Bacon-mania
I was living in Burlington when a story came out about the toxicity of a chemical used in hair dye. A study showed that whatever it was, was leaching into the scalp and possibly causing harm. Grey-haired women of a certain age let out a silent scream and ran to health food stores, looking for natural alternatives. …
Rotten Apple
Yes, Apple brought us many innovations and, yes their products are amazing and changed the world of technology and blah blah blah. I just wish someone had told me that once I chose an iPhone, it was like choosing which side of the bed to sleep on. It’s mine for life! …
Hallow-weenie
We have a Halloween tradition that’s been going on for six years. We unscrew the lightbulb in the garden lantern, keep all the lights off in the house and stay in the TV room at the back and watch a movie. This year’s selection: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which Derek had never seen. …
Freddie’s Message
As a rock radio-obsessed teen, I must have spent hundreds of hours analyzing song lyrics. Back then, what we now call classic rock was new music, and my friends and I would pore over the album liner notes for everything from Aerosmith’s Dream On to Come Sail Away by Styx to Supertramp’s Even in the Quietest Moments. Those songs had more depth and meaning to us than the required reading that teachers assigned us in English lit. …
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Throwback Thursday – Pancakes R Us
Five years ago, most of my family, hubby and I returned to my Dad’s hometown area of Picton ON for a community pancake breakfast. …
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Sorry, Alex
This may seem weird. It feels weird. It feels even weirder to admit it. But I prefer texting over the telephone. Talking to my Mom and Dad is the only exception. …