Brief Thoughts on a Dark Week
A friend and supporter of the US President is shot and killed. A student opened fire at another high school. Just another week in the USA.
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Social Marketing
What’s She Got That I Don’t Have?
What does it take to get people to follow you with complete devotion? Because I don’t understand it.
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Port Stanley’s Dove Report 2025
Here in the waning days of summer you might be asking yourself, what are the Mourning Doves up to? Renowed Dovologist Ophelia Clutterbuck is back to report on another year in the lives of Port Stanley’s Mourning Doves.
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Something Fishy in Port Stanley
Port Stanley has many hidden gems and on the long weekend my friend/neighbour Carol took me to one of them.
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The Write Stuff
I just finished reading Danny Trejo’s memoir. It’s an incredible story of redemption and how he went from shooting up heroin to shooting movies in Hollywood. I’ll tell you how I got it for $2.
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The Scam Susceptible Masses
When spam filters are working well, we don’t even see most attempted scams sent our way via e-mail. But sometimes they sneak through.
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Sort-of-Corrections (Sort of Stolen From Seth Meyers)
I like Seth Meyers. But I love his weekly Corrections video.
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Back on the Radio After All These Years
It’s true. I’m doing morning news again! This week, I’m on 94.1 myFM St. Thomas.
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You Have a Book in You. Yes, You!
Maybe it’s because I watched a webinar on tips for indie authors yesterday, but I think you have a book in you.
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Book Two, Now Out in the World
Last Sunday was release day for my second book in the Felicity and Mitzi series: Threads of Love.
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I May As Well Join In
The first thing I thought of when I saw the photo of the adulterous couple at the Coldplay concert was this.
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Fixing the News With a News Fix
We have just come out of another heat alert. It was humid and hot and wildfire smoke just added to it.
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Keeping Money Moving for All Our Sakes
I don’t like to say I hate anyone. Hate is an awful word. But if I had to apply it to a group, I’d put it on billionaires.
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Cruising Into Retirement
Some people have a firm plan for their later years. We are not some people.
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Corrall Your Pals at the Canals
One of Derek’s cousins recently moved to a place I’d never heard of. How could “the Venice of Ontario” escape my attention all these years?
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Seeking Seriously Crispy Bacon
It’s a well known fact that my husband loves bacon. Over the years he’s been given everything from bacon-flavoured lip balm to bacon-scented air fresheners.
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Tiny Font People
Are you irked by tiny fonts? Find them unnecessarily exclusionary? Wish you could tell tiny font people to increase their sizes, even a little bit?
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AI OMG
The other day I watched George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden eat tacos and laugh. Mocking, of course, the Cheeto in Chief’s latest nickname: TACO. (Trump Always Chickens Out.)
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