WordPress Archives | Voice of Lisa Brandt

Leaving CJBK, and radio, took a lot of time to decide on. Except for a couple of brief instances here and there, for more than 30 years I’d always had a full-time, steady paycheque-with-benefits kind of job. Did I have what it took to be an entrepreneur?

Flashback Wednesday

Oct 2, 2019

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Lisa

in Celebrities, Personal Life, WordPress

Welcome to another free-Lisa-up-for-unpacking flashback blog post!

Flashback Tuesday

Oct 1, 2019

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Lisa

in Personal Life, WordPress, Working

Today, and for the rest of this week, I’m going into reruns, in order to free my mind and soul (and fingers and knees!) for the task ahead of settling into our new/old home. If all goes as planned, as you read this we are watching the unloading of our first shipping container of possessions.…

Throwback Thursday – Performance With a Paycheque

Nov 1, 2018

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Lisa

in General, Throwback Thursday, WordPress

Maybe it happened before I played Becky Thatcher in our grade 8 production of the musical, Tom Sawyer. But if it did, I can’t pinpoint the moment.

Out of Site

Jan 26, 2018

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Lisa

in General, Photography, Social Marketing, Web Design, WordPress, Working

They say necessity is the mother of invention. It’s also the inspiration for buckling down and learning things you never thought you’d need to know.

A Veteran Writer

Dec 12, 2017

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Lisa

in Personal Life, Photography, Social Marketing, WordPress

I haven’t met him in person yet but Eddie Rhodes is a new pal of Derek’s. Eddie is a 90-year-old veteran of WWII who lives close to London. He has written the first of what he hopes will be several books about his life.

Site Rules

Dec 19, 2016

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Lisa

in Celebrities, General, Social Marketing, WordPress, Working

For me, last week’s celebration and goodbye for Erin Davis was also a mini-reunion with many of my former colleagues. For more than three years – although it feels like the blink of an eye – I was the newscaster on the CHFI morning show and, for a time, filled in for Erin as cohost when…

Worthy Clickbait

Sep 21, 2016

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Lisa

in DIY, Lisa’s Pieces, WordPress

If you’re on the Internet, you know clickbait. It’s often headlined with something that ends with, “You Won’t Believe What Happened!” or “He Never Imagined THIS!” And then you click through a series of slides and bring revenue to a company – possibly Diply here in London – whose owners get paid by the click.…

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