Even though it gets a lot of criticism the 1980s was a great decade. Looking back on the big hair, bad clothes and crappy music gives me a smile! But at the time, of course, we didn’t know our hair was outrageously big, our pastel clothing with big shoulder pads was gauche and our music was garbage. Some of us wondered what happened to rock and roll, when we bothered to stop dancing long enough to think about it. …
I understand that not everybody wants a lawn of grass. So there are options. You can plant hostas and spread mulch. You can put interlocking stone down. Or you can take the route these folks in Port Stanley took. …
There is a lot to be thankful for. If you’ve been coming here for a while, you’ll know that I had a close call with my health at the beginning of the year so the fact that I’m still here to be thankful at all is something I’m very thankful for!   …
Our pal Peter Mennie is a really great magician but even he can’t turn a milk frothing machine into a sweet pair of boots! …
Happy Birthday to me! …
That’s how likely it was that I would have imagined myself as a motorcycle rider. A happy and willing one who owns her own bike! …
Sesame Street is adding a new Muppet. Lily is described as having “food insecurity”. In other words her family is poor and she is hungry. …
I went for a walk in the beautiful weather yesterday and happened past a neighbour’s lawn that has always amused me. …
Finally, Clifford Olson is dead. …
Alright. It’s been a month and my resolve appears to be holding up. Somehow my depleted willpower of the past couple of years has topped back up and I think I know how it happened. And I feel confident in talking about it…this time.  …