Snow

Here in Vancouver, we rarely get snow for longer than two or three days each winter and when we do, everything seizes up.  No one knows how to drive in it.  Those who have a clue don’t necessarily have the right tires. (Here’s a link for info about the importance of Winter tires ).  The [...]

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Bah-humbug?…Maybe Not

When I  began this post,  I was coming at the Christmas season with a very bah humbug attitude.  The wet weather and the winter darkness tend to push my cynical buttons and before I know it,  I’m grumbling like an old grampus and complaining about all that I have yet to do.  This seems to [...]

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Barack Obama…Yes, We Might

In the past few days, we have seen and heard a lot about the U.S. elections.  And for good reason.  Not only has history been made in America but people around the world are feeling something they perhaps have had little experience with of late.   Hope.  Of course, hope takes many forms and is [...]

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Waxing Philosophical

I am in no way a religious person. In fact I blame religion for many of the world’s ills. Having said that, I will own up to being a spiritual person. To me, that means that I am always aware of something much bigger than myself, something that connects all of the [...]

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Merry Christmas From All The Dead People

Okay, so let me just say that for this year anyway, the spirit of Christmas did not imbue me with the enthusiasm I normally hold for the season. Put simply, the Grinch successfully contrived to take over my psyche, leaving me feeling grumpy and more than a snick cynical. What follows is [...]

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Me, Me, Me and Oh, By the way, Me

I must be getting to be a grumpy old woman. It seems that the more I go out and about in the world, the more I observe the self-absorbed nature of our citizenry.
Recently, my husband was sitting in the car in a supermarket parking lot waiting for me to come out. The car was not [...]

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Friends, Romans and Ordinary Canadians…

January 23rd was voting day in Canada and I for one am glad that we have finally come to the end of the campaign trail. It was an important election, a federal one, and so it was vital for all eligible Canadians to exercise their right to vote. This is one thing I feel very [...]

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Cats and Dogs

What is it about cats and dogs that pull at the heartstrings of even the most hardened of human? I’m sure there are many scientific theories about why we place our affections so heavily on these creatures, but I think it might be because cats and dogs ask very little of us and yet, their [...]

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About Fashion

Fashion is a curious thing. It seems to be less about individual creative expression and more about following the whims of a collective of designers, clothing manufacturers and the occasional pop star, many of whom would starve to death if the rest of us decided that what we used to cover up our naughty bits [...]

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