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Newtown, Feeling It Again
I spent the day with my son today. We laughed, we had some nice food. We basked in being in the same space. I made brownies. I do not know why. I think I just wanted to feel more connected. He was not aware of what was going through my…
Vintage Candy, A Sugar - induced Sprint Down Memory Lane, Volume Ii
As promised, my second instalment of Vintage Candy is here! I am not sure how many volumes will comprise this nostalgic, insulin-spiked compendium of fructose facts, but I will let you know when I run out of steam. For those of you who did not read Volume I, I indicate…
Exploring Expletives – Plan B
There is a child in my house. If I drop the pickle jar on the marble tile when we have three minutes to get out of the house, or I ram my toes square into the coffee table legs while sprinting to answer the door, it is just a reflex…
Hello Kitty, Hello Hero
Around midday, as I was working away on my laptop, my peripheral vision clocked a rapid upward movement on the tree outside our living room. Whatever it was, it was bigger than the many squirrels which frequent our back yard that backs onto a forested ravine. I turned to look…
Dark Room Without A View, A Restaurant Review
Well this is all new,
And I'm feeling my way through the dark
KT Tunstall, “Through the Dark”
Mix it up night was long overdue at our house. We parked the kid with friends for dinner, drove over two bridges and braved traffic to have a blind date. We have…
Female Friendships – More Complex Than Romance?
Women can have complicated relationships. I am one and I admit it. The curtain has been pulled back, the jig is up, the cat is out of the bag. I have enough marital relationship navigation to do without having to figure out my girlfriends. That said, all relationships are work…
Furry Cold War
The year is 2002 and it is spring on the west coast. We had just returned from Scotland where we married after a brief courtship. We settled back into our lives at home in Vancouver, happy that we had found lifelong love and sealed it with vows. Then we did…
The Video Store, Last Of the Classics
Remember a time when the only place you could see a movie was in a theatre or hoofing it to the local video store which used to be on every corner? I do, and am fortunate enough to live just steps away from a small, independent store that is the…
Friends Without Kids
This past weekend I had a nice break from my regular routine. Good friends of mine were in town that I have not seen for a few years so when group drinks were suggested on Facebook, I committed immediately. My husband and I have a very liberal “me time” policy…
Vintage Candy, A Sugar - induced Sprint Down Memory Lane - Volume I
Hoping for some "ahah" moment in the kitchen while getting some tea and a snack, I needed something to write about. It came to me in a blinding flash of Gummy Bears. Vintage, old school candy. What better way to work through a sugar craving than to pen about the…
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Serendipity, Taking
Life’s Cues from Dr.
Seuss
If this was not extraordinary, I would not acknowledge this incidence. Or perhaps coincidence is a better…
Furry Cold War
The year is 2002 and it is spring on the west coast. We had just returned from Scotland where we married…
Between Cradle And Grave
New beginnings after one of the most significant endings in my life, is bittersweet. Not the chocolate…
Parental Guidance – Are
You Watching?
Movies are a big part of our family time spent together. It is easy when we are not watching with our…
Newtown, Feeling It Again
I spent the day with my son today. We laughed, we had some nice food. We basked in being in the same…
Female Friendships –
More Complex Than
Romance?
Women can have complicated relationships. I am one and I admit it. The curtain has been pulled back,…The Video Store, Last Of
the Classics
Remember a time when the only place you could see a movie was in a theatre or hoofing it to the local…
Friends Without Kids
This past weekend I had a nice break from my regular routine. Good friends of mine were in town that…
Fair Trade Shopping Buddy
Of all of the household responsibilities there are, for me, grocery shopping is the red-headed stepchild.…
Will Boris Johnson Sleep
on Our Sofa?
Partly fearing being accused of not offering a solution and partly to demonstrate a system that seem…