I got a very sweet email from a past client last week. He wrote, “I was certainly interested to hear that you’ve stopped consulting (a big loss to your clients, I have to say), but I’m happy that you’ve found such fulfillment in putting your…
I have been sick as a dog this past week. But that didn’t stop me from agreeing to a virtual mother-son bonding experience with Jake who studies on the east coast. Jake proposed we make the same bread and compare notes. As you may recall,…
One of the benefits of sleeping alone this week as John worked in Ottawa was bringing my laptop into bed, and firing up Netflix without any protest. I settled on All About Eve a 1950 film with Bette Davis. I loved this smart retro chick-flick….
I was vowing to eat fewer carbs this year, until I opened my Christmas present from Jake and Micah. It was The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum, a beautifully written and authoritative recipe book. I used to be my sons’ culinary cheerleader, but now…
Last year at exactly this time I firmly decided, “Nope. I am not setting myself up for another year of failure by making New Year’s resolutions.” You see, I used to be in the 40% group of people who do. For years and years, I…
The holidays are upon us! Are you dreaming about cozying up with your honey by a roaring fire? Romantic walks in a winter wonderland after a pristine snowfall? Tears of joy as your partner surprises you with just the perfect gift? Not so fast. Unfortunately,…
It is always a good day for Jessie when her walk coincides with her pal Butchie’s. Butchie is a huge Newfoundland-Bernaise cross, who has mostly rebuffed my sweet goldendoodle’s advances for most of her nine years. But my girl doesn’t give up easily (even though…
Last week I went to a seasonal party. I arrived solo and seemed to immediately catch the attention of a man who I did not know. Within minutes, I was being told how sexy and exotic I looked, and not to leave without telling him….
I didn’t know it at the time but my husband was being “strategic” and not cheap when he proposed to me without an engagement ring on the dock of my family’s cottage in 1988. According to a 2014 Emory University study, couples that spend relatively…
I dreamt about my mother last night. She died last year, and my mind still refuses to impose order on my jumble of feelings. Sometimes it’s loss; other times liberation. One day it’s regret; another day it’s defiance. I over-think our relationship, or don’t think…