The first request came two weeks ago. My friend from
university wrote in our group chat that her daughter’s middle school choir was
hosting a fundraiser. (Wait! Didn’t school just start?)
She informed us – or...
It’s always when I’m doing something mindless like
chores or paperwork that a memory reminding me of an old friend is triggered.
I was looking out the window last night while loading
the dishwasher when an...
Is there anything worse than traffic?
I don’t mean just a large volume of vehicles – as long
as it’s moving, it doesn’t matter if there are two cars or 2,000, I’m not
bothered by busier...
Let’s talk work.
After all, we’ve just celebrated Labour Day, which not
only marks the unofficial end of summer, but also celebrates our daily grind.
Labour Day is supposed to be a yearly tribute to what...
If there were ever a time we needed to believe in the
redemption of kindness, in the humanity of our neighbours, surely it’s now. I
don’t know of a single person, regardless of political persuasion, who isn’t
left reeling by...
Another day, another example of parents behaving badly.
You may have heard about the most recent college
admission scandal – the latest public embarrassment but not, I suspect, the
last. An investigation by ProPublica
Illinois, an independent,...
Emojis are modern-day hieroglyphics, easy to use when gestures or
words aren’t possible. Coming up with them must have been a fun job, right? The
bursting head surprise face. The green sick face. Heart eyeballs. The broken
heart. They can...
As this piece goes to print, I will be
acknowledging my one year “keto-versary,” as the Internet calls it. August 6,
2018 was the day I officially cut sugar and carbs out of my diet.
The...
A little more than a year ago, I watched a movie on Netflix, quite by accident. It was
a documentary called The
Magic Pill and it was about diet, specifically the ketogenic way of
eating.
Here’s the...
I love food. I love to eat. I love to talk about food
and cook food and buy food and see other people enjoy food. I love to watch
food TV shows and recipe videos on the internet. My...