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First day of school was always nerve-wracking. I would worry. A lot. I would spend sleepless nights coming up with different scenarios of how things could go wrong and not making friends was at the top of my list. What if I had nobody to...
My 2010 New Year’s resolution was to bake a pie every month, along with keeping fit and eating healthy. So far it’s been a challenge. Baking a pie every month has been a hard resolution to keep and in order to keep my other two resolutions,...
This week’s book traveled a long way. It was shipped to me by my friend Jessie, whose parents just happen to live near the only French book store in Taiwan that carried a copy of this book. It was that or travel to France, cheaper...
“A wonderful student but…” is a phrase that would commonly show up on my report cards and I swear my dad’s eye would twitch each time he stumbled across one of those “buts”. The only complaint I ever got all through school was my lack...
I don’t know how many versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” I have, but I couldn’t stop myself when I found this 1960s version in the collection of children’s books I came across at the St. Lawrence Antique Market. Keep reading...
I try not to take this personally, but every time I come home my cat Binky bolts out the door. No enthusiastic greetings or purring declarations of how much I was missed, all I see is his hairy hiney disappearing around the corner. Keep reading...
Every Sunday at the St. Lawrence Market, vendors gather with their vintage and collectable items. The antique market is a treasure hunter’s delight and a perfect place to sharpen your negotiation skills. Part of the appeal of the market is also its people, the stories...
This week we continue our themes of overwhelming cuteness and wombats. Keep reading...