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A rambly bag of Saturday stuff

It was a drizzly Saturday morning and I did housework. Normally I just do a little bit here and there, but I decided that today I would try doing it all at once and get it over with.

Three hours later, I had decluttered and scrubbed and swept and swiffered and mopped and dusted and […]

A new spring in my step

Today I scheduled an emergency visit to the massage therapist because my legs have been aching like crazy for ten days and I finally couldn’t take it another minute. Both legs were achy, antsy, irritable and whiny. I marched them on over to the Elgin Street Massage Therapy Clinic.

“So,” said Kim, “What’s up?”

I launched into […]

The Blueberry Challenge

On my morning of my birthday I was walking to work, listening to the Vinyl Cafe podcast, and it was so touching and heartwarming I almost cried.

Stuart McLean was handing out the annual Arthur Awards, which go to people who have made a difference. It doesn’t have to be a big profound thing they’ve done; […]

Ivan! Coyote!

GC and I went to our first Dusty Owl gathering yesterday, to hear Ivan E. Coyote tell some stories. We arrived at the last minute and got the last two chairs. The person next to me struck up a conversation and then introduced herself as Ivan.

Ivan! Coyote!

Now the thing is, I knew virtually […]

Ferret frenzy

I’m pleased to report that this year I finally managed to make it to the Ferret Frolic, which was held indoors at the Jack Purcell Community Centre yesterday afternoon!

 

If you’re not familiar with ferrets (and really, why would you be, unless you play Dungeons and Dragons?) they’re kind of weasly-looking things with elongated bodies and […]

Curbside Creepies

When I was young and poor and couldn’t afford to buy furniture, I always kept an eye open for curbside upgrades to my existing furniture. I’d drag home a better couch and then wrestle my old couch out to the curb. A few hours later I might see someone else dragging my old couch away […]