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Families!!
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 28 comments I've just been reading Joanna Trollope's 2011 novel, Daughters-in-law. It's essentially about a mother of three adult sons and her difficulties in recognizing that she cannot micromanage her sons' relationships with their wives. No matter how ... Read more
Signs of . . . Spring?
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 29 comments Well, on January 21 in Canada, "spring" would be excessively optimistic, even for perennially optimistic me. But: I am hearing much more activity from the crows. They stay all winter: but in the past few days they have been cawing loudly... Read more
All Through the House
Monday, January 20, 2020 29 comments Hyacinth!! I love that smell and I absolutely associate it with this time of the year. Never want to be without a hyacinth in bloom! On Saturday I bought two fresh pots to have "in reserve": choosing a white one and a blue one both wit... Read more
Dishwasher
Saturday, January 18, 2020 32 comments Our (new last winter with the reno) dishwasher is on the fritz. Needs a new pump??? Already??? Apparently a rare problem. Fixable and under warranty too . . . but we've been waiting since shortly after Christmas day, first to get the service ... Read more
More Peace by Chocolate!
Friday, January 17, 2020 26 comments Sorry that yesterday's link didn't load for some of you . . . the Tareq Hadhad story (a Syrian refugee having lost everything, in Canada just four years, re-established his Damascus family chocolate business in Antigonish and yesterday became a ... Read more
Peace By Chocolate!
Thursday, January 16, 2020 28 comments www.theloop.ca/watch/new s/canada/the-syrian-refuge e-who-founded-peace-by-cho colate-becomes-canadian-ci tizen/6122862515001/165580 3376354305800/your-morning What a sweet story about a Syrian refugee who re... Read more
Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again!
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 39 comments My appointment with my doctor yesterday, reviewing the results of December's bone density scan, was really encouraging. It appears that every measure of my bone density has improved from the base test in 2014 and after a spontaneous fractu... Read more
Living In My Body
Monday, January 13, 2020 24 comments Yes, intuitive eating/intermittent fasting went better yesterday with a return to my basic exercise program. I feel I'm back living in my body again . . . and really, what alternative is there? Whether I acknowledge it or not? Also got ... Read more
Back to the Basic
Sunday, January 12, 2020 32 comments “Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien." (The best is the enemy of the good.) Voltaire, of course. And something I know full well. But seem to need to relearn. Over and over again. Before Christmas I'd blogged about how I didn't intend to ... Read more
X-TREME Weather Coming Up!
Saturday, January 11, 2020 33 comments We're expecting torrential rains all day -- already started -- with possible flooding. Thankful our house is high on a hill. Then changing to freezing rain. Now that hill looks problematic!! It would be a good idea to get all chor... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 Last Page » |
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