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 – […]

A balanced diet is a piece of chocolate in each hand Without a doubt, I’m getting old when my idea of sin is having coffee with a couple of pieces […]

Faye Lippitt The New Year begins. Choose your memories. We are one of very few countries on earth that have the privilege of unmasked gatherings of friends. 2020 may have […]

Of all the Christmas traditions that come around this month, one of our favorites was always the Christmas pageant at the church. One year, all of our kids got a […]