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Adventures in Tsawwassen
No blog post yesterday I’m ashamed to realize. I have notes for it. I’ll post it sometime today, but last night was a bad night for writing. There’s something about waiting 45 minutes in the grocery store in Tsawwassen for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Fraser Bridge, car, dead battery, groceries, tow truck, Tsawwassen
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Wordless Wednesday: sunny lunchtime
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Tagged iphone, photography, Vancouver
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Being pretty won’t save you from the bullies.
Unexpected Fresh Year Fresh Face revelation: make-up was a reaction to girl-on-girl bullying as much as it was to make myself attractive to men. It’s been eight days (one week back at work) without the routine of putting on make-up. … Continue reading
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Tagged #FYFF, bullying, femininity, Fresh Year Fresh Face, makeup, poetry, Pretty, slam
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The Debt
We rented a fascinating movie last night from iTunes: The Debt. The story (directed by John Madden who did “Shakespeare in Love” among others) begins in Tel Aviv in 1997 where Rachel (Helen Mirren – I want to be her … Continue reading
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Tagged CBC, film, Gian Gomeshi, Helen Mirren, John Madden, movies, review, Roger Ebert, The Q
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Fresh Year, Fresh Face
When you don’t wear make-up, it’s really nice not to have to worry about getting all the mascara off your eyes before you go to bed. I noticed this yesterday morning because I had forgotten to do just that the … Continue reading
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Tagged #FYFF, beauty, Fresh Year Fresh Face, identity, makeup
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Coffee Joulies review: first impressions
I was so excited about coffee joulies when Chris told me about them last spring, I immediately signed on to Kickstarter to help the inventors hurry along the manufacturing process. The idea is: put some bean-shaped metal-and-secret-process-type thingies in your … Continue reading
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Tagged Coffee Joulies, Kickstarter, LinkedIn
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Everything’s New
Everything’s new and overwhelming. That’s my excuse. New home, new city, new routines, truly living alone in my empty nest for the first time. I don’t even know where to begin to write about it all. So I’ll start with … Continue reading
Occupy Why?
Last week I dropped by Occupy Vancouver encampment at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I wanted to chat with someone there about why they were there and what they hoped to accomplish. I wanted to go because I was annoyed. Inexplicably … Continue reading
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Greek lentil soup
I was asked for this recipe tonight when I tweeted it. See? People really are interested in what other people eat! (I know I am sometimes, especially when it comes to vegan/vegetarian meals.) This comes to me from my daughter, … Continue reading
A request and a Happy Thanksgiving
I’m awfully lucky, in the hustle of getting ready to move to Vancouver and the bustle of getting ready to run a half marathon and eat a delicious dinner this weekend, that I am healthy, happy and surrounded by people … Continue reading
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Tagged calendar, fundraising, marathon, Mount St Mary's, philanthropy, Running
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