What I Want for 2009
I’d like a calmer year, with less change, personally and professionally, to the big pictures of my life. …
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Personal Life
Better Than Buttoned
Parkinsons is slowly encroaching on the life of my Dad. …
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Half of a turkey,
two Corning dishes full of mashed potatoes, a half-jar of cranberries, three-quarters of a birthday cake, two containers of a brocolli/rice dish, a small tub of gravy and two pieces of pie. …
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Running Me Over
It has happened twice so far this holiday season, and because I have to head out briefly again today, I want to make sure no one is third time lucky. …
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Yesterday, we attended the first of two family Christmas dinners. …
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The Upside of Driving in London
Recently I took London drivers to task for not being as skilled as Toronto drivers. Well, this week I found something London drivers have that Toronto drivers don’t: manners. …
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Totally Floored
The kitchen refacing project is almost finished. I’ve posted a couple photos I took yesterday under my Home Stuff gallery. Today, the flooring goes down. It’s the end of an unusual adventure to try to find the perfect stuff for underfoot. …
Love Lives On
One of my rear car seats has been in the down position since I moved more than a month ago. I failed to remove the headrest before pushing the backrest forward and down and the seat became jammed too tightly for my wimpy little self to be able to pull it back upright. So I asked the guy at Mr. Lube to do it for me while my oil was being changed. He cheerfully complied. …
A Sensible Handbag
9 times out of 10 the ads that come up on my facebook page have to do with dieting. “Try Oprah’s diet” “Lose weight the Rachel Ray way” “Learn the diet secrets of the stars” I don’t click on them because I already know the secret to dieting – take in fewer calories than you burn. DUH. …
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Old Friends
The co-author of one of my most enduring friendships came by today and it got me thinking about what treasures good friends are. …
Home Improvement
You may be aware that I write a bi-weekly column for the Toronto Sun called House Proud. It runs in the New Homes and Condos section and it’s about anything and everything to do with owning a home. It’s also one of my favourite freelance jobs because I’m all about a comfortable home – not showy or even necessarily with the latest and greatest things. But an oasis and a nest that reflects the people who live in it. …
The Day To Day
People ask me, they say, what do you do with your days now that you’re no longer on the radio? Let me tell you! They’re chock-a-block with this and that and the other! …
Return to the Snowbelt
In the winter of 1983-84, I moved from Prince George BC to London ON. I drove a VW Rabbit diesel with Puff the lizard in a carrier beside me. It was an unconventional trip to be sure. I vividly recall being threatened with bodily harm after stopping at a small town bar in search of a coffee near last call on a Saturday night.  Apparently firing up the coffeemaker was holding up the beer pouring and time was running out, making some thirsty locals very unhappy. …
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It’s A Guy Thing
Added to my list for a trip to Home Depot was a “piano hinge”. No problem. I know what a hinge is so a piano hinge must not be hard to find. Right? It shouldn’t be, since that what every guy calls it. But it’s some sort of underground conspiracy that I’ve unwittingly tapped into. Read on. …
A Lesson In Patience
This morning I arrived at a four-way stop with a van at the stop to my left. …
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