Archive for the 'Personal Life' Category

Oh Deer!

My Twitter followers are familiar with the exploits of a neighbour I call The Mason Jar Lady.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. 

My New Favourite Cookies – No Flour, No Sugar

Could it be that the dreams of cookie lovers the world over have finally come true? 

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.  The London couple that won $17-million in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 came forward.  He is 73 and she is 60 and CTV, the Free Press and others called them “elderly.”

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