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Christmas Cards Incomplete

It's been a much loved tradition for me to send out WAY TOO MANY Christmas cards. To get them all written, addressed and mailed by Canada Post's mid-December deadline, I need to get started in mid-November. That didn't happen this year. I had the cards and I had the stamps... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2022 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Christmas Cards Incomplete

It's been a much loved tradition for me to send out WAY TOO MANY Christmas cards. To get them all written, addressed and mailed by Canada Post's mid-December deadline, I need to get started in mid-November. That didn't happen this year. I had the cards and I had the stamps... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2022 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Reflections on 2021

Life in the Time of COVID. For the 2nd consecutive year. The pandemic has not affected me in as many ways as it has others. I've been working from home for 16 years, so I've got that down to a science. This year, however, with the advent of Zoom and... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2021 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Reflections on 2021

Life in the Time of COVID. For the 2nd consecutive year. The pandemic has not affected me in as many ways as it has others. I've been working from home for 16 years, so I've got that down to a science. This year, however, with the advent of Zoom and... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2021 at Stories from South of Detroit

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"Snap out of it" is not an option

Today is Bell Let's Talk Day. #BellLetsTalk Now more than ever, it's important to talk about mental health. Thanks to initiatives like Bell Let's Talk Day, mental illness has begun to emerge from the shadows of shame and secrecy. But the stigma still exists. Many stay silent out of fear.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2021 at Stories from South of Detroit

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How many toxic bosses will it take?

When I began my first fulltime job back in 1976, it became obvious on my very first day that my new boss was toxic. They didn't use that word for bad bosses back then, but this woman's behaviour sure checked all the boxes. She yelled and screamed at me, called... Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2021 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Reflections on Life During COVID

Little did I know that when January 2020 dawned, life would be so different come March. Up until then, COVID had been in the news for months; it had already ravaged Italy and was well on its way to ravaging New York City. I started writing "COVID Chronicles" on Facebook,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2021 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Murray Snelgrove, who I had known since public school, was taken from the world over the Christmas holidays. Word is he had a heart attack. Even though Murray looked healthy and fit, his heart bore many heavy burdens over the years, and I guess he just wore it right out.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2020 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Journey's End for My Beloved Friend

We met at a bar. But it wasn't just any bar, it was Joe Mercury's on the corner of Dundas West and Bloor in the Big Smoke. "Joe's" was "within stumbling distance" of our home on Humberside. Hubby and I met up there almost every night after work. I walked... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2020 at Stories from South of Detroit

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And The Wind Cries Mary

We shared the same birthday--June 14--and a penchant for Barbie dolls. And today, cancer robbed our family of my sister-in-law Mary. Accomplishing more during her 68 years in this world than most people do in a lifetime, Mary was clearly and unmistakably a "doer", devoting decades of her life to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2019 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Requiem for a Gentleman

The year was 1979 or 1980, I really can't be sure anymore. I had just moved back to Windsor after a year of running away from my problems. My 18-month marriage was over and my life was in shambles. I was broke, in debt, unemployed and feeling pretty ashamed of... Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2019 at Stories from South of Detroit

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My Semi-Charmed Kind of Life

I know my title is the name of a '90's one-or-two-hit-wonder song. But why mess with perfection? July 14, 2019 will mark our five year-anniversary of "moving back home" to Windsor, after 35 years in Toronto. Move-in day at The Cute Little House on July 14, 2014 went smoothly and... Continue reading

Posted Jun 9, 2019 at Stories from South of Detroit

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More Than That Mitchell

He was here before we were, this very clean and fluffy feral boy with the telltale nicked ear (that told us someone had trapped him, had him neutered and released him again). He wasn't just some stray old Tom who showed up when he felt like it or was hungry.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2019 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Memories of Mary

A lovely lady I have known most of my life left the world yesterday. Her name was Mary and she was 89 years old. I was just a child when I met her for the first time. She, her husband and family moved in to the house next door to... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2019 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Farewell to the Master

This handsome fella came into my life some twenty-or-so years ago. Bob Douglas lived in a sweet little house on Regent Road in Toronto with his sweet little Bichon named Duster. I don't recall the first time I met him, but I sure recall the first time I went to... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Girls Never Outgrow Their Dad: Part 1

"Girls Never Outgrow Their Dad". How true. My dad has been gone for 18 and a half years...taken from me way too soon. He died after he'd just turned 61...only 1 year old than me...and younger than my husband is today. Over the years, I've often shared some of my... Continue reading

Posted Jun 18, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Summer, Windsor Style

British Columbia has the Rockies, Alberta has Banff, Quebec has the Walled City, Nova Scotia has Peggy's Cove and Newfoundland has its rainbow painted houses, craggy cliffs and mighty Atlantic shoreline. Our land of lakes and snow has beauty from sea to shining sea, but where I live has a... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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May 27 Musings from the Memory Motel

One year ago today, I got a call from my friend Ric in London, telling me in the most horrified and incredulous voice that our friend Kirk had taken his own life. I had just seen him on the Sunday of the week before. It was the long weekend and... Continue reading

Posted May 27, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Tracy's Magic Peanut Brittle

There's no doubt about it. My friend Tracy makes magic peanut brittle. Not only does it melt in your mouth. It's the absolute perfect combination of the ingredients of her carefully guarded recipe. I've been the blessed recipient of copious glassine bags and beribboned tins of MPB over the years.... Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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A Man With A Heart That Wouldn't Quit...until it did

I never met Gerry Meloche (aka Jerry Melo on social media). We became Facebook friends through the Proud To Be From Riverside (PTBFRO) group, where I got quite a chuckle out of the many jokes he shared (some of them a bit "off colour" for some folks, but not me!)... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Our Bonny Black Boy

He was born right in our backyard three years ago into a litter of four including himself. There were two black kittens, a charcoal grey girl and a black and white one. His mama Jackie Black was the only female in our colony and she was always pregnant. Such a... Continue reading

Posted Apr 25, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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The Careful Wanderer

Meet Monkeyface. Also known as Monkey Boy and just plain Monkey. We discovered him languishing in the tall grass on the far side of our driveway the first summer we moved to The Cute Little House in 2014. We knew right away that he was feral because of his nicked... Continue reading

Posted Apr 24, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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He was here when we moved to The Cute Little House in July 2014. A big friendly feral boy who hardly ever leaves our property. We named him Mitchell and he has been brightening our lives every day for four years. He's got all kinds of personality and it's hard... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Goodnight My Favourite

He was admitted to the Hospice Residential Home last August. He was a teaser and a joker, he loved food and knew more than a thing or two about cooking. So needless to say, I clicked with him the first time I met him. When you cook dinner for someone... Continue reading

Posted Mar 12, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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Edward Street Revisited

Grownups threw Hawaiian parties, card parties, dance parties and pool parties on Friday or Saturday nights; all the moms took turns checking in on the children every half an hour or so...so no babysitters required. Neighbours pooled their Victoria Day and Dominion Day (now Canada Day) fireworks and took turns... Continue reading

Posted Mar 5, 2018 at Stories from South of Detroit

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