Musings
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Today was the day. The Husband and two of the Minions headed off to Montreal to see the Rush concert. (In case you missed how this all happened, I mentioned our plotting here) The house is oddly quiet, but not. Our Boston Terrier, Lilo, is definitely out of sorts. See, I’m what’s often referred to…
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Her family announced that Ms. Parton passed away today, at the age of 80. There are so many reasons to have had admired her, and I’m not going to list them all here. If you know, you know, and if you don’t, please do some research. She was a woman of integrity, respect, and generosity.…
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If you haven’t read part one, you can find it here So. We had a new vehicle, finally, and were on our way to purchase a new washer and dryer at a local store. I’d reviewed everything online, knew what set we wanted, and we strode in, ready to drop a chunk o’change on a…
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To be honest, the entire month of July had me wanting to pull a blanket up over my head and hide under my desk for days at a time. The first issue is our Bessie. Allow me to reassure folks that Bessie is not a person or pet. Bessie is our well loved van. I…
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Whew. It’s been a heck of a week here. Sunday saw us loaded into the people mover to travel two hours away to an ‘entertainment centre’ to celebrate the youngest’s birthday. I put ‘entertainment centre’ in quotes, because I’m fairly certain that if you’re over the age of, say, twenty-five, it’s more like a full-on…
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In our family, The Husband and I take turns reading bedtime stories to the Littles, who aren’t as little as they used to be, but are still willing to be read to. Right now, they like old Garfield comics. Since I’ve already read ALL the Captain Underpants books and ALL the spinoffs multiple times, it’s…
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I originally wrote this opinion piece over ten years ago. It appeared on Huffington Post as well as on my former blog. It remains one of the most personal and favourite blog posts that I’ve ever done. To The Woman With The Bruises, I know you. I don’t know your name, where you live, your…
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