Drugs of Choice
Do you also have this discussion in your home: A medication will expire and one of you will want to get rid of it while the other thinks it’s a waste. …
Personal Life
401K – The K is for Karma
I had a lovely weekend away chez BFF Erin and BFFH Rob in their home on the lake. It just feels right to wake up and look out over the water first thing. Maybe it’s some sort of lizard-brain memory of crawling out of it millions of years ago. …
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Diet Obsessions
By the time a Canadian girl is 14, she has been on 1100 diets. Okay, I obviously made that up. But it seems that teen females are experimenting with hazardous eating regimens just like my friends and I did back in the day. …
Ode to a Frozen Diet Dinner
O frozen meal, be you Lean Cuisine, Weight Watchers or Healthy Choice. How do you lure me back when I know of your failings and shortcomings? You are like the rectangular mafia found in my grocer’s freezer: you keep pulling me back in. …
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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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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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