I do love a bit of onomatopoeia. But I don’t like experiencing it first-hand. Achoo! Of course, since I’m home, snuggled under my duvet, experiencing…
Today is National Punctuation Day in America—a day to celebrate the amazingness of punctuation. Today also marks the start of Social Media Week—a world-wide event looking…
I am participating in an online thing where a few people are getting together to chat through a moderated forum run by a grief counsellor.…
Triboluminescence is awesome! It used to entertain me as a child and it still entertains me as an adult. Or, to translate into Plain English: It’s…
So I’m working on a new design project for my parents. Just a little something that will make Mom smile—and me. (Likely others in the…
A lot has changed since I got my first pair of glasses nearly 30 years ago. (That’s glasses as in specs, not drinking vessels, to…
Bob and Dave* are my kidneys. Bob to my left; Dave to my right. Both are riddled with cysts and are considerably larger than normal…
Like most kids, I played Hopscotch growing up. It was a great game and really only required a piece of chalk. And since they used…
I’ve decided to take part in the “Dialect Vlog”* craze so today you get to see me on camera. Yay! Here’s how it works: I have…
Shortly after we got married Paul and I started a new tradition of monthly dinner parties. Parties to which we were the only guests. It…
I think it was Celeste’s wedding when we started the tradition of doing the Hokey Pokey at Cook Girl weddings. I remember all of us…
Growing up, one of my favourite Christmas decorations was a small twiggy, leafless branch, planted in a little pot and standing 6-8” tall. Hanging from…
My foster daughter has this habit of saying “Guess what?” without giving any further clues or context. In the beginning, I would ask for hints…
I don’t know a thing about fashion, nor do I care. And this is how bad I am: Today, I bought a pretty sweater because…
Yay! It’s just 89 days until YayDay!! YayDay! is one of my favourite days on the modern calendar. It’s a self-created holiday that I’ve been celebrating…
So I think I’m a mild food hoarder. Or that I have some weird food obsessions. Or both. I’ve known it for years but mostly…
Yay! Today is National Punctuation Day. And if you know me at all you know that this is a day I love to celebrate. So…
Today is International Left-Handers’ Day. Yay! A whole day set aside to celebrate the awesomeness of being a lefty! So, for my part of the celebration,…
I would like to introduce myself as one who suffers from SUBS syndrome. Well, I guess I don’t really suffer from it, but the people…
In honour of the lovely Flik’s 13th birthday tomorrow, I am holding a party for my head* this evening. Oh yes, I am! And I…