Live a More Meaningful Life
Does it feel like all you do is get up in the morning, go to work, come back in the evening, and go to bed? Do you sometimes ask yourself, “Is this all there is?” If you do, that’s a…
The Christmas spirit
While for so many people this holiday season is about rampant commercialism, keeping up with the Joneses and rushing to keep up with a hectic schedule, we should all jump off the speed train and take time to not only…
Home DNA Testing
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing became popular due to high-profile criminal investigations as well as in paternity cases. DNA is most commonly used in trying to prove the relationship of an individual to another person, that linking is aimed at trying…
Punctuation is everything
This was sent to me by a friend and it made me smile. I hope it does you. An English professor wrote the words: “A woman without her man is nothing” on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate…
What love means to a child
I was present when this question was posed to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think… “When my grandmother got arthritis,…
Children at Pocahontas
I went to see ‘Pocahontas’ the other night, I sat alone and enjoyed the sight Of beautiful children with their Dads and Mommies All carrying drinks, and popcorn and candies. So happy they all were to be getting out They…
Choose Cold Duck this Christmas
Christmas is almost here as we speak. I have many pleasant memories of past Christmases and New Years Eves, too. Some of those memories are of a certain sparkling wine, called Cold Duck. As the old familiar songs play in…
Simplify your Christmas dinner
Are you hosting Christmas dinner this year? What do you think about making this the year you simplify it? We know perfectly well that every year there’s too much food on the table. We eat too much, we work too…
Creating a beautiful Christmas centrepiece
The arrival of the holidays brings with it the opportunity to entertain. Nothing sets the tone of a holiday gathering more than the decorating of one’s home. Candles are lit, wreaths are hung, and garland is strewn. And for the…
The Receptionist
Reception work bores me to tears There’s nothing to do really but sit and stare, No windows to look out to the beautiful sea Or over the roads where traffic flows free. Half hour for lunch is all I’m given…
