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Burn Baby Burn Baby – The Int-review
Last week, Kevin Craig’s brilliant novel, Burn Baby Burn Baby was released to rave reviews, including my recommendation here. I cannot stress how wonderful this book is, especially for anyone who has...
View ArticleOh. My. God. So you're (nearing) 40. Let me hand you a tissue...
The year I turned 5 in May, I started Kindergarten that September. Because I could read and write and do math and all sorts of crazy skills which, at the time, were inconceivable for a 5 year old to be...
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Rediscovery
Purging.If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably seen the pictures of all of the stuff I have. Let me be more specific – you’ve been subjected to seeing all of the crap I’ve carried around with...
View ArticleAll good things, and even not so good things...
I’m not sure how I finagled this invite. I think it was around 2000. I am usually pretty good about remembering dates and years, but you’ll have to forgive me if I’d had a bit to drink that night. You...
View ArticleBell Let's Talk Day - Your brain is an organ, you know.
Today is Bell Let’s Talk day – a day where mental health issues are brought to the forefront of the Canadian media, traditional and social. It’s also Mercury Retrograde, a time where Murphy’s Law...
View Article“How can a cooking date with a chef go wrong?”
Tonight I was watching Masterchef Junior with my son, because it’s his favourite show, and there was a part where Gordon Ramsay was trying to match his daughter Matilda up with one of the contestants....
View ArticleRemembering Valentine's Day
We treat memories like treasures. We hold onto them so we can share them, but the really special ones or the really painful ones we share with very few. As if keeping them a secret make them worth more...
View ArticleThe Silver Linings of Friday the 13th
I had originally started this as a Facebook status post, but then realised, it was way too long. So hello again, blog. In the every cloud has a silver lining file for Friday 13 February 2015:1. My car,...
View ArticleI don't want to write right now. Sorry.
I don’t feel like writing anything.This isn’t writer’s block. It isn’t laziness. It isn’t even exhaustion. I just don’t feel like writing. Ever get that? When you just don’t feel like doing the one...
View ArticlePink Shirt Day
When I was in Grade Six, my teacher had these two boxes in the classroom – a Warm Fuzzy Box and a Grunch Box. You can probably guess what the Warm Fuzzy box was about – if someone did something nice,...
View ArticleWhat does your child know?
Last week, I went to the annual IEP evaluation meeting for my son at his school. IEP in case you don't know stands for "Individual Education Plan". Every child included in the Special Needs programs in...
View ArticleWords and Music and Why You Matter
A couple days ago on Twitter, I posted this:You do matter to someone else on this planet, even if you have yet to meet them. You will make a difference in someone's life. Yes. You.— Naomi Mesbur...
View ArticleHey cancer, please stop taking our friends away, kthxbye
Today is a strange day in and of itself. It’s May 7th, the day before May 8th, which was my best friend and fellow Taurus Klaus’s birthday. It’s been 18 years since he passed away but I always remember...
View ArticleHappy Mother's Day. Because we're selfish.
I feel like the most selfish person in the world.It’s possible that may even be a true statement.But my selfishness is a direct result of my instincts. You see, when it comes right down to it, the...
View ArticleHow I'd Kick It In The Head When I Turned Forty-Five
Don’t get me anything for my birthday.No really. I’m not fishing for gifts.Please don’t go looking for something ideal that will surprise me and be just what I’ve always wanted.Don’t buy me a beautiful...
View ArticleChopsticks (or What Does Your Child Know Part 2)
My son and I had a very interesting conversation today. It all revolved around chopsticks.I asked him to set the table tonight. We were having Asian-style noodles (and I mean that – there was fish...
View ArticleThe Coolest Kid of All
My son and I went to the park today. He’s 9 now. And yes, I still go to the park with him. Why? Because if I don’t go, he won’t go. He would gladly spend 30 hours in a 24 hour day playing Minecraft or...
View ArticleWalking a Mile in Ashley Madison's shoes
Seems that the world is preoccupied with the 37 million people in the world who registered for an adultery website whose information was hacked earlier this week. The hackers are threatening to release...
View ArticleWe Are Stardust...
My former stepdaughter (or whatever I should call my ex’s child with whom I’m still close in spite of the fact that her dad and I broke up a while ago) got her first period last month. She’s 11 ½. Not...
View ArticleA Question for the Internet (or Opinions - You Got 'Em, I Want 'Em)
I have had one of the worst migraines I’ve had in a long time over the past few days. It started just before the stomach flu I had. So I spent almost 48 hours inside my house while the weather was...
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A Birthday Gift to be Shared
Many of you have probably seen the still photos of me playing this guitar. You might have seen a 15 second video on Instagram with a section of a song that I kinda got good at. What you may not know is...
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Gods are Immortal
The sun came in just as I took this shot. I think it was David.Where do I even begin?I feel like I’ve lost a parent. I HAVE lost a parent. David Bowie was the creative father to so many of us. He felt...
View ArticleFriendship
Remember back in Kindergarten? School was the first place where you were on an equal level with everyone. In Kindergarten, everyone started out being friends with everyone else.Then, as we grew older,...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With You?
I’m not sure why we don’t talk about when we’re not well. I mean, we will complain about minor illnesses –colds, flus, stomach flu, headaches – but we hardly ever talk about serious illnesses. We’ve...
View ArticleDating
Yesterday when I picked up my son from school, we walked past a few of his female friends from class. They were plotting something nefarious together, and all I overheard was “Okay so I’m gonna dare...
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