Facebook Fakery
You hear about these Facebook scams.  We talk about them on the air because we know they are happening but until last weekend, it had never happened to me.  I was the intended victim. …
Personal Life
An Ugly, Perfect Pillow
Every once in a while I forget I’m not supposed to lift anything heavy. After all, this not-lifting thing is only a couple of years old, since my whiplash injury in a car accident on Springbank Drive in February 2011. I’ve taken good care of it and recovered quite nicely. …
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Airstream Update
If I could save time in a bottle I’d give it to my husband so he could get more hours inside the 1969 Airstream we”re renovating.  I say “we” even though I haven’t done a thing yet! I’m involved in decisions but no actual effort until after the grunt work is done. …
Approaching Middle Age
During a Facebook chat with my 21-year-old nephew yesterday I jokingly told him that the older you get, the older middle age gets. …
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A Married Conversation
ME: Gad, I wish you weren’t so dead set against me getting a little bit of Botox, just a bit, just between the eyes. I know you’re totally against it. I just wish you weren’t. …
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Property Pilferers
** update – the Freeman on the Land member has been taken into custody on a 2010 arrest warrant. Officers went into the duplex around 2 am and arrested him.  The ordeal appears to be over!  My original blog post appears below. …
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Things I’ve Learned This Week (So Far)
I can shut down the quickie-lube guys with one confidently told lie: Â …
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Tomorrow: Book Signing and Cupcake Fiesta at Chapters!
Tomorrow afternoon 15 local authors will gather with a book-centred TV show host at the London South Chapters to sign books, offer cupcakes and give attendees chances to win prizes. …
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Labouring on the Farm
On Saturday we paid a visit to a farm where 35 years ago, my husband spent the summer picking and processing tobacco plants. It’s something he and my Mom have in common, although she worked for many long, hot summers on tobacco farms. Â Â …
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Small Spaces
I’ve long described myself as claustrophobic but I seem to be getting better at handling it. …