The other day I was witness to two very young girls flying around the beach, arms out like birds, singing over and over again at the top of their voices; […]

When the fullness of summer passes along through months of sun, it finds itself not – so – suddenly nose up to autumn, the time of seeding. And after those […]

After a long summer of renovations on our home in Canada, and before signing on the dotted line for the sale of our dear old home, I had three of […]

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There I stood cowering in a dark corner, waiting for a wet puppet to be mercilessly rubbed on my face. And so ended my family Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving in Canada comes […]

Ah the bed. The place of action, rest and respite.  When you are single, it has its uses. When you have children, you can magnify those uses by a quotient […]

There have been many interesting hair days in our family. I recall a few hairdos given sibling-to-sibling when mom was out of the room. One resulted in very tiny strands […]

There was a time when I investigated the idea that it just might be possible to improve upon my current frazzled mental state.  My husband was quite keen on the […]

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly I’ve had many adventures in my life. Swimming with crocodiles in the Australian outback comes to mind (that was an accident – […]