Article in the Pique
An article by Glenda Bartosh in Pique Newsmagazine What's in Stella's fridge?...
An article by Glenda Bartosh in Pique Newsmagazine What's in Stella's fridge?...
I’m Angry, Damn It! But Why? Men should strive to think much and know little. Democritus I know it doesn’t show, but I’m a ...
Squeaky Wheel We’ve all been there. We’ve dealt with a service provider (I use the term service loosely), who doesn’t...
Happy New Year! I thrive on routine. I think I’ve mentioned that in one or two, or maybe more, blogs. I’m sure I’ve writt...
Some of My Favourite Reads of 2013 I’ve been writing this blog week-in and week-out for a year. I typically write and po...
A Work In Progress I stand in front of the cashier as helpless as I would be if I were a schoolgirl facing the principle. S...
What is Remembered Fragrances of exotic flowers, simmering lamb, baked desserts, aromatic spices will ignite a memory...
A Family Story In November, CBC’s Canada Writes held a contest entitled Blood Lines. Contestants were to dig throug...
Envy Remember when you were a kid? You looked up to your older siblings with a kind of wonder and enchantment bordering o...
Friendships True friends stab you in the front. Oscar Wilde A month or so ago I met up with an old friend for dinner. We’...
Who Are We? Friends ask me if I’m enjoying writing a weekly blog. It wasn’t something I wanted to do. In fact, I we...
Lululemon Yoga has many definitions, but I’ll use this one from the Merriam-Webster on line dictionary: “a Hindu philoso...
Who Among Us Is Perfect? I made an appointment with a hairdresser. My high school graduation ceremony was the same evening. ...
Sneaking Peeks A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. Franz Kafka An eternity ago, we moved to England...
Enfant Terrible If you were a quiet kid in school, the middle of the road type who did your work and didn’t make a f...
A Nudge from a Stranger Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop I’m exhausted and teary-eyed. It’s over. A year’s wor...
No House Has Ever Sunk in the Making of A New Friendship My husband says our house is sinking under the weight. ...
Why Do You Do It From January right through to mid-October, your friends, your family, perfect strangers ask you why you ...
The Messy Bits A recent horoscope of mine gave me some sage advice. I don’t typically read my horoscope (where have you hear...
Whatever Happened to Passion It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it ...
How Difficult Is It to Make a Good Decision If something bothered me when I was a kid, I tended to hide out in my roo...
The Fixer I admire the mechanical, culinary and gardening abilities of others. I gush over what some people can create...
Am I Finally Growing Up? “Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC...
I Don’t Think He Likes You Very Much I stood in the elevator of my apartment building, gripping my handlebars, holding my bi...