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Making Memories this Christmas
I’m thinking of taking a holiday this Christmas – a real one. A leave my laptop at home kind of holiday. I’ve run my own business for 14 years now and the longest I’ve been away from a computer is 24 hours. That was last month when my baby had to go to the Apple…
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Confessions of a brand addict
There are two kinds of women in this world: those who can cheat on their hairdresser and those who can’t. I can’t. Not on my hairdresser, my butcher, my wine store, my favourite restaurants. Now don’t get me wrong, if I’m looking for a new ‘supplier’, I have no problem dating. I’ll test out hairdressers,…
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Power of Love
“We must shock this nation with the power of love,” – Reverend William Barber II. Forget right vs left. It’s time to worry about right vs wrong. I haven’t posted anything on the debacle going on to the south of us. In fact, despite who I am and what I do, I post very little…
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Who’s in your squad?
As I dropped my daughter off for her last Grade 9 exam yesterday, I found myself parking the car and taking a moment. For six years, we’d made that drive to school. I remembered the anxious 8-year-old the first week of Grade 4 – new house, new school, new city. Her overwhelming worries. I thought…
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“In a gentle way you can shake the world.” – Ghandi
Almost three years ago – in June 2013 – I posted a call for help on Facebook. Our home was suddenly riverfront and my husband was helplessly watching our basement fill with water… the silt-laden Elbow River water mixed with sewage was slowly encroaching on our main floor. The response to my post was swift,…
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The big beef brouhaha
This morning I’m wondering what Bus Fuller has on his mind. Have he and son Stan (CEO of the Earls chain) sat down over a big old plate of Kansas beef and talked about the great beef debate of 2016? If you’ve missed it, Earls announced they were switching to Certified Humane beef this week…