My sewing box. A big-ass toolbox containing every kind of sewing notion a gal could want. Look!! Extra storage in the roll-back top compartments – perfect for thread. www.jandofabrics.com should totally pay me for this ad! Also, underneath all the crap in the bottom – there is a corset waiting to be re-boned. Sounds dirty…
Yep, I’m thinking exactly what you think I’m thinking! I went to SOMA with Margo and Jon. For the uninitiated, SOMA is a Chocolatemaker in Toronto’s Distillery District. What they serve? SEX in cacao form. Porn for foodies It’s pretty much always an expedition verging on the indecent. I frequently feel as if I’ve been…
Rissa is at the piano. Surreptitiously, I watch from the kitchen. She sings as she plays Adele’s Someone Like You – she’s been working out the chords with David. How she can sing and play at the same time mystifies me. Her lovely soprano drifts across the room, she has perfect piano posture – she…
Brace yourself. I’m about to wax nostalgic. I grew up in Winnipeg. Twice. Once between the ages of 3 & 8 and then again between the ages of 15-18. My Dad was Air Force. He was a navigator. He ‘told the pilots where to go’ is how he used to put it. We lived off…
I iron quarterly. Beginning of school. Christmas. Spring. End of School. Last week I hauled down the ironing that had been waiting since June. I ironed dress shirts for David, some pillow cases, tablecloths, napkins and tea towels. Oh yes, I DO iron tea towels. I’m not anal enough to iron sheets, underwear or jeans,…
25 days of the month I succeed in eating a healthful diet. I snack like a good girl. I eat almonds, drink soy milk, avoid gluten and sugary treats. My blood sugar is stable – I’m not quite as crazy. Those other 5 or 6 days in the month? The ones leading up to my…
On Lakeshore Drive there is a house. Situated on the south side of the street, its back yard opens to Lake Ontario. I pass it every time I go for my extended walk. The new owners seem determined to transform this 1980s homogenized architecture into… something… more. I’ve been watching its transformation for months. In…
What you don’t see is the dude on the left then beats the other dude – TO DEATH Okay, so YES – it IS that time of the month again. And this time around, I noticed something… The closer I get to my period, the greater the chance I might lose my mind over grammar/proper…
Fleas, the bringers of the Black Death, have infested our cats, our home, yea verily, our souls. I am posting this picture of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers because photos of actual fleas make me want to hurl. A lot. I have to say that as pictures of Flea go – it’s…
Duck Butts. They make me laugh. I just can’t help myself. They provide sheer joy. Their little webbed feet dancing to keep them underwater – delightful. They then bob back up, reminiscent of that bobbing water toy from the 70s, adding an odd sense of nostalgia for me. It’s a two-fer. hee hee hee Sometimes…