Of the people traveling in our group to Las Vegas, my
husband and I were the only two who hadn’t been there before.
So after an incredibly full day of sightseeing and more
than one sociable...
Our first full day in Las Vegas can best be described
with the phrase, “When in Rome.”
We all decided we should get up as early as we could
manage to make the most of our...
Although it’s not a store I visited frequently, I felt a pang of regret when Sears filed for bankruptcy, and that pain worsens around the Christmas season.
It’s not that it wasn’t expected. The company had suffered a long and...
This has been a very tense, very divisive, very telling
week in Canada, to put it mildly.
I thought the country was divided when it came to the
federal election, but that was nothing in comparison...
The coronavirus looms over us, Canadian politics is in
turmoil, and Facebook posts
underscore the increasing divisions in our country, but – and I think this is a
big exception to the barrage of depressing news – Canadians love to...
I’m a firm believer in hard work; in actual labour, putting in your hours and your nose to the grindstone.
We are born with a certain amount of talent and brains which can be molded and improved, but the factor...
We’ve all done it at this point, haven’t we; angled
that way, twisted the other, held the camera higher, backed up - whatever it
takes to get a good photo. For those of us on social media, nabbing the...
There’s nothing like a health crisis to liven up the
news week, apparently. The entire world is bracing itself for…. well, no one is
really sure, but if the television and Internet are right, we all need to
prepare for...
A few months back, during a
get-together at the house, I glanced around the room and came to a
disconcerting conclusion. While I had been busy raising children, tending
house, going to work, and establishing a life, I also had...
Why do I even follow the news anymore?
Politicians always bicker, but this past few years has been so, so much worse. Instead of arguing about ideology and policy, they make it personal. And while Canada is no stranger to...