Category: Living

  • Love Your Mother: An Etsy Mother’s Day Gift Guide

    If you’re looking for a fabulous gift for your mama, baby mama, baby mama-to-be or step-mama then Etsy is a fabulous place to start.

  • How I’m Embracing Fragrance this Fall

    Conservationist and biologist Rachel Carson once said, “the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it so little.” This year I’m trying to harness my fragrance more as a way to relax and remember.  Ever since I became a mom…

  • Paperless Post: Write that Damn Note

    Stationary, letter writing and note sending have been a theme throughout my life. In fact, I love to write letters and cards as well as receive them, that I made it one of my 18 for 2018. But here comes my big, fat, Canadian confession: like many goal setters, I’ve fallen behind a bit. I’ve…

  • Anthology July 2018 ~ Music, Mini-Vacas and Modern Love

    I should’ve known I would have my ass handed to me on a platter recently by two new writer friends. This small tale comes with a dose of humility and warning: do NOT play scrabble with writers. Last month, I played scrabble for the first time in five years with two very sharp and lucky…