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SPT Do-Over on Plastic Surgery and Self Loathing
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 26 comments //brightlineeating.com/2 017/05/first-ever-vlog-do- over/?inf_contact_key=f5e5 54c41acf691ed3b6c0a6922f2a 26e245b366da6c4d10fff8c6ba02550a33 On my, such an interesting (and kinda lengthy) do-over vlog by Susan P... Read more
Rainy Forecast!
Monday, May 22, 2017 28 comments A good day for planting some grass seed! We'd accommodated our neighbours when they asked last winter about rebuilding their retaining wall -- which required taking out our fence and encroaching on our back yard, they told us, by about 3 fe... Read more
Learning to Live With It
Sunday, May 21, 2017 21 comments When somebody dies from cancer, so often the obituary beings, "After a long battle bravely fought . . . " And when somebody is diagnosed with cancer, so often they're told, "If you have the right attitude you'll fight it and defeat it." ... Read more
What A Difference A Year Makes!
Saturday, May 20, 2017 26 comments When we're going through a tough patch, it can seem permanent. Today I spent visiting with my very dear sister and her new house. She and I both had cancer in 2009. We both recovered: but her cancer was followed by a divorce -- and ... Read more
Self-Compassion, Self-Loathing and Plastic Surgery
Thursday, May 18, 2017 22 comments brightlineeating.com/201 7/05/plastic-surgery-and-s elf-esteem/?inf_contact_ke y=5184d64007f14f1872f0f241 65bfa518ab08feef812b050f86de26f3c58d15c6 Susan Peirce Thompson of Bright Line Eating posted a vlog yester... Read more
HOT Day Coming Up!!
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 24 comments Really the first hot day this spring -- and high humidity -- and I've gotta head into the Big Smoke (aka Tranna) for a work thingy. Which will involve a lot of walking from public transit to the venue . . . at a rapid pace to be on time. ... Read more
Post Mother's Day . . .
Monday, May 15, 2017 29 comments Thanks for your comments on that brief Mother's Day blog! Now, is it easy to be the "matrix" and not the "fixer"????? No no no: it is not! Giving birth to the non-interventionist, supportive mother? Yup, it's a labour of love. ... Read more
Happy Mother's Day!
Sunday, May 14, 2017 18 comments The world needs more mothering. And: whether you are a (biological) mother or not -- if you're a woman, chances are pretty good you're providing some mothering. To your stepkids. To your grandkids and step-grandkids. To your nieces and n... Read more
MINDLESS Munching!!
Friday, May 12, 2017 26 comments Oh dear oh dear. One of those work cocktail hour thingies last night -- and I was hungry and I wasn't prepared and I didn't have a high protein snack before leaving the office and: yup. Succumbed to way too many cocktail snackie things: ... Read more
Canada 150 Celebration Tulips!
Thursday, May 11, 2017 33 comments 
I've been waiting all winter -- but those red and white tulips which I planted to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary are just beginning to bloom. ... Read more
Eat More Salt? Shout Out to QUEENOTHEFOREST!
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 19 comments www.nytimes.com/2017/05/ 08/health/salt-health-effe cts.html?hp&action=click&p gtype=Homepage&clickSource =story-heading&module=mini -moth®ion=top-stories-b elow&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0 QUEENOTHEF... Read more
So You Wanna Live to be 100 . . .
Tuesday, May 09, 2017 24 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/health-and-fitness/he alth/why-the-centenarian-g ender-gap-exists-and-wheth er-men-will-catch-up/article34893574/ Hmmmm. Not at all sure that quantity of life matters as much... Read more
Reflecting
Monday, May 08, 2017 33 comments 
Your comments on the over-treatment article were most interesting!
And: I know that the article really struck home with me because a very long... Read more
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