RIP Jason Leffler
You may not have any idea who Jason Leffler is. Â But when I found out yesterday morning that he was killed, albeit doing what he loved, my heart broke. Â …
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Personal Life
D-Day Activity
We have friends who do a lot for our veterans. Â The CAV – Canadian Army Veterans – are a bunch of motorcycle riding veterans of Iraq and more recent conflicts who raise money for the WWII vets at our Parkwood Hospital here in London. Our friend who used to be the top commander in the Canadian Navy goes to Parkwood like Santa Claus every Christmas morning. Â …
Another Make-Work-for-me Project
Cutting the grass isn’t my favourite thing to do. Â I use the push mower in the front while Derek rides the tractor version on the back. Sometimes I can get him to take pity on me and run the tractor around the front, too. Â Still, we’re left with bunches of weeds or grass that doesn’t get cut along the garden and fence. Â And I dislike whipper-snipping more than grass cutting. Â It occurred to me that there had to be a better way. …
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Oh Deer!
My Twitter followers are familiar with the exploits of a neighbour I call The Mason Jar Lady.
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Half a Year With Spice
It’s been just over six months since the two of us, who had previously sworn off ever again succumbing to the charms of fur babies, threw caution to the wind and adopted Spice after I spotted him online at Animal Aide in St. Thomas. The other night I realized I didn’t know when our 11-year-old cat’s birthday was. Now I know that he is actually 12! …
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The Grass Isn’t Always Greener
One thing about buying a fixer-upper is that you can make it your own and make it better than you found it. There’s still a lot more to do here. Weeds are popping up in driveway cracks and most of the basement still looks like an episode of Hoarders: the Tool Edition. But we’re getting to it all in due time. …
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A Two-Fer – Happy Nurses Week!
This blog post also appears under the Editorial section of www.blackburnnews.com this week.  My most recent experience with nurses and why I respect the heck out of them on this, Nurses Week. …
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My New Favourite Cookies – No Flour, No Sugar
Could it be that the dreams of cookie lovers the world over have finally come true? …
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Too Young to be This Old
I don’t know how many other people caught this yesterday but it jumped out at me from the computer screen. Â The London couple that won $17-million in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 came forward. Â He is 73 and she is 60 and CTV, the Free Press and others called them “elderly.” …
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They’re Popping Up Like Dandelions
The idiot motorcycle riders, that is.  The ones who give the rest of us safety-conscious, law-abiding riders a bad name. …
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Generation Gap
We went to a nostalgia show last weekend in Komoka.  We love those things. Old people poking around old stuff owned by other old people.  I only bought one thing. …
Fashions for Spring Leave me Cold
Every few springs I walk through the clothing stores and see nothing I want to wear. …
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