Putting the OM in OMG
Do you have a Buy Nothing group in your neighbourhood? I do, and it's really a great thing: people post items that they want to get rid of, and also items - and sometimes acts of service - that they need. I have been able to re-home many items from … [Continue reading]
The first week of at-home schooling has been fine. So much better - oh my god, SO MUCH - than in the spring. For one thing, we finally bought my older son a laptop - my younger son has had one since seventh grade - and that right there was worth the … [Continue reading]
Double Up The D I am a person who feels very strongly about the benefits of various vitamins and dietary supplements, and if you are a person who, like my dad, thinks that AT BEST such items are useless and a waste of money, not to worry. I am not … [Continue reading]
The general manager of the community association at which I teach yoga classes - currently zoom, but previously in-person - was telling me that she is very tired of people coming in to the community centre, seeing her with a mask, and calling her a … [Continue reading]
Usually at this time of year, my calendar is very full with so many social events; every weekend from now until Christmas would have at least one party, dinner, or cocktail event. I would usually be busy figuring out menus and buying ingredients and … [Continue reading]
The province announced what I am going to call a very mini-shutdown on Friday the 13th, and it called to mind the last Friday the 13th, eight months ago, when the very mini-shutdown led to the total big shutdown. It's enough to make a person turn … [Continue reading]
Last Thursday, in a single adrenaline-fuelled afternoon, I finished my Christmas shopping. I do most of my shopping online, but there are always a few things that I want to physically look at, hence last Thursday's trip to the mall. The mall, you … [Continue reading]
