Sprucing up the Place
It became apparent during a recent water spill that the ancient carpet in my office/studio was past its best-before date. …
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Personal Life
My Outrage Button is Stuck
You could be forgiven if you thought this was an April Fool’s Day hoax, but the Internet is the last safe haven for political incorrectness that borders on offensive. …
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What Money Can’t Buy
Often times when people ask me if I miss working in Toronto I reply that I miss two things: the people and the money, in that order. It’s no surprise that Toronto as a whole would offer a bigger salary along with a bigger cost of living. So people think I’m joking and sometimes I am! …
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Preparing for Riding Season
The foot that required a boot late last year is healed. My rotator cuff is stronger now from physiotherapy, massage therapy and daily exercises. Now if I can just get my hip to cooperate fully after a muscle pull, I’ll feel confident about swinging a leg over B3 when the weather allows it. …
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Scary Spice
Last Saturday morning was a worrisome time in the house of Spice the wonder-cat. He wouldn’t eat or move and our social little critter wasn’t interested in us. The vet’s office got us in for 10:40 am and although my brother-in-law was here to assist, I had no trouble pouring our beloved feline into his carrier. He had no fight in him. …
Happy International Hearing Day!
If you forgot to get me a card, well, that’s quite alright. But I am a bit of a poster child for hearing loss. …
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Spreading the Word
A flurry of activity has been going on behind the scenes regarding the publication of my next Ebook. …
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Olympian in the Family
It looks like I’m going to have to change my mind about watching the winter Olympics now that I have a nephew who’s likely going to be competing in South Korea in 2018. …
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Snack Trees
Today I want to share a favourite recipe. Derek calls them bark cookies. I make them just about every week and toss a couple of them into my lunch bag. There’s no oil, butter, egg or milk in them and there’s protein, fibre and fruit. When they’re not what you want in a cookie, I suppose they do taste a bit like bark. Chocolate, peanut butter bark. …
Something Fishy This Way Swims
There’s a saying that goes, when a child hands you a toy telephone, you answer it. So when my boss’s 8-year-old daughter needed someone to look after her goldfish while the family goes on vacation, I took that responsibility seriously! …
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Guts and Glitter
I wish I had the guts. The glitter bomb is the latest thing to go crazy on the Internet and it is simply the perfect method for getting revenge. …