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Mrs. White
I quit coffee cold turkey last month after 40 years of daily consumption, and I am surprised at what I’ve discovered. The first time I tasted coffee was when I was about 13. My mother gave me a half bottle of instant Nescafe to help me stay up all night so I could study. It […]
Bossom Buddies
Bosom Buddies Maybe because I am now retired, getting older, and more and more people I know are being diagnosed with it, my fear of cancer has grown in recent years. Then I hear about my friends from the local Golf Club. A same-sex common-law couple, both of them being diagnosed with breast cancer […]
Two Moms
Two Moms (Three dogs and one husband). My husband’s mom, Peggy, and my mom, Taejeong, both live with us—”a sitcom script waiting to happen,” says a friend. If there ever were a sitcom, we would have to call it “Three Dogs, Two Moms, and One Husband” Show. Last February, my 92-year-old, healthy for his age, […]
My Healing Furry Intruder
I turned around to look at her again. A tall white dog with a lean body and long legs that I never saw before stood halfway between my kitchen and the garage, staring at me calmly. When my husband sheepishly came through the door from the garage, shortly after, I realized what was going on. […]
A Happy Preordained Accident
My rural life in the woods is a happy, preordained accident. In Grade Twelve, I recruited my two best friends, Melinda and Michele, the twin sisters, to produce the Grad Book, a yearbook for the high school graduating class with me. It was my response to the disappointing pronouncement from the teacher in charge of […]
On Size and Volume
Are you one of those wise shoppers who plan and execute the exact amount of stuff to buy for what you need? Not just for the groceries for the day or the week to cook with but cleaning supplies, pet foods but all the other stuff we need to run our daily lives, whatever stage […]
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards May 6 – 9, 1982
I am about to tell you the most exciting and wonderful experience that I was fortunate enough to be chosen to have for four days of my life. I was chosen to represent Sir John Franklin Territorial High School and furthermore the Northwest Territories at the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Seminar that was held at […]
Politics quotes
Finding a place keeping a place TrumpA lot of people around politicians want to be Giuliani to Trump. To have power and to act on behalf of a politician. Politicians have to guard it carefully. Who speaks acts on their behalf. Politics don’t corrupt people. People corrupt politics. Politics at its best is being who […]