Winter is here and with it comes the age-old relationship debate: why do women need more winter…
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Downton vs zombies
They say opposites attract, and after more than 20 years with my Carpenter, I would say they are…
Bored
You know what I want to be this summer? I want to be bored, just like my kids. Sign me up. My…
Always
When the world is too much, I go for a walk with no destination in mind. There is something about…
Alpha Romeo and me
Around this time every year, life starts to feel like a traffic jam – and I’m stuck in…
Fateful words
I remember the day the Carpenter looked up at me and with absolute sincerity said these fateful…
Vote
For years, I have stood alone on my soapbox and insisted that Canadian politics is not boring. It…
Fumbled
In case you didn’t know, the Seattle Seahawks are officially out of the NFL’s Super…
Apprenticeship
Perhaps this is old-fashioned, but in our household there is a clear division of work. It’s a…
Healing Heidi
It’s probably not the Monday morning text message the Carpenter was expecting when he checked…
Killer Queen
Two things you should know about me as we head into 2017: first, I have every intention of taking…
Yard work
April showers will bring may flowers, but yard work sucks. Poetic, right? You can see why I…
Out there in the crowd
The barriers are up. The stages are being assembled. The grounds are starting to take shape, and by…
Sequins
Last week I relayed the true story of the annual holiday humiliation of a middle-aged woman…
Funny bunny
I have the craziest dreams. My head on the pillow is my entryway into a virtual reality influenced…