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The office supply place where I normally shop downsized — half of their space went to the big pet store next door and now that shop has a place where they showcase dogs that...
A couple of days ago I read that Wayne Dyer had died. I was not a devotee of his — no specific reason except that in the early years of 2000 when he...
I like going on hikes. I have a husband who likes walking just fine but who chooses to ponder the scenery while getting exercise, more than I do. He loves to contemplate the landscape and...
I go through periods of time where I eat sugary things and others where I abolish almost all refined sugar from my life. Sugar can be an addictive substance for me — once I...
I think of myself as being good with words and definitions — and was slightly horrified when I discovered that two words I have used plenty of times over the years, I have used...
Dear Cheese: I love you. You have been my passion for as long as I can remember. As many years as we have spent in each other’s company, I can truly say that you...
My mother used to fix oatmeal for breakfast on cold winter mornings. It was delicious and more importantly, she told me it would “stick to my ribs”. I always have assumed that sticking to...
Birth order is an interesting thing. Some people swear it goes a long way in determining personality characteristics, some people are dismissive of the idea that it has influence. I grew up the...
The summer here has been a season of heat and wildfires. The Okonagon Complex fire is now the largest in this state’s history and predictions are that it may continue until October, when snow...
“Green, green, it’s green they say,” the New Christy Minstrels sang in the early 1960’s. It feels wonderful to walk barefoot through a carpet of grass or lie on a blanket outside and have...