April showers will bring may flowers, but yard work sucks. Poetic, right? You can see why I…
WriteOut of Her Mind
Chip trucks
It is my personal opinion that the best word pairings in the English language are “chip…
Mom knows best
Dear children, Now that you are teenagers and can lock me out of my own smartphone and connect the…
Long weekends at home
Thank you, Queen Victoria for having a birthday at exactly the point in the calendar year where…
Flags up
The first thing my family is going to do when this week’s Wellington Advertiser arrives on…
Bird song
It’s 4:30 am and I am wide awake. The Carpenter just left for work. I lay in bed and listen…
Bottle it
When things in my life are going really well, as if a spell of joy has been cast on me, I imagine…
…Or what?
I remember it well, the day the Carpenter looked at me from across the room and said, “are we…
24 hours
That’s how much time I had to myself: 24 hours. All alone in a lovely hotel suite, with a…
Canadian dinner guests
I saw a survey recently that calculated the state of the Canadian identity by asking a…
Happy birthday
A dear friend asked me recently if I was happy. The question was out of the blue. Me being me, I…
Score
I should never underestimate the Carpenter. Just when I think I’ve caught my spouse dropping…
Dear Editor:
People often ask me where I get the inspiration for this column and I have one simple answer: I…
Lightfoot, light heart
Tick another box of my Canada 150 bucket list. I got to see Gordon Lightfoot perform at the Elora…
Mom shorts
I don’t like shopping. I like it even less when the purchases aren’t for me, yet I am…