Reason #813 Why I Love Living Downtown
Based on the amount of media, you could tell it was kind of a big deal And here are the reasons for the media: Peter Kent, federal Minster of the Environment, Glen Murray, our MPP and Provincial Minister of Research and Innovation, a City Councillor (whose names I have unfortunately forgotten) and speaking, Mark Wilson,…
Climbing Everest with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Interview with Jeffrey Gottfurcht
I talked to a really interesting man last week: “Jeffrey Gotfurcht is climbing seven mountains to raise awareness about Juvenile Arthritis (JA), as well as raising funds to make dreams and wishes come true for kids with JA. Jeff has rheumatoid arthritis (RA).” You can read the rest of the interview here.
Book Review: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Updated November 21, 2021 Forever, the third book in the Shiver Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater was hotly anticipated in my house. This wonderful YA series about teens falling in love in a small town called Mercy Falls, finding out that who you are is so much more important than what you are. As this third book in the…
Oh, Brother: Disability and Romance
Updated June 14, 2020 “Is that your brother?” We get this all the time, The Boy and I and I don’t know why, except that we are both somewhat rounded and wear glasses. Well, that’s not actually true, because I do know why. It’s because able-bodied men don’t date women in wheelchairs. To be even…
A Free Spirit with JA: An Interview with Gabi Rojas. And Vitamin D
We’re still celebrating Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month on MyRACentral and I had the opportunity to speak to Gabi Rojas, a dancer: “Gabi Rojas grew up in the circus, traveling through cities in the US, making friends wherever she went. When her mother changed jobs from being a trapeze artist to a dance instructor in Albuquerque,…
Dental Adventures with RA: In Which I Scare a Dentist
Updated June 11, 2022 I’m beginning to see why people get their teeth yanked. It all started late one evening when I cracked a molar eating Oatmeal Squares. I managed to get squeezed in to see my dentist the next day and was told it either should be extracted or I needed a root canal…
Pros and Cons: An Internal Argument
I’ve been coveting lately. More specifically, I have been lusting after an iPhone. I don’t know why this has suddenly come over me – they’ve been around for what, 4 years? and I’ve never had the urge to have one before, but now, it’s preying on my mind. I want one, in much the same…
The Annual Peony Post
Ken and I got to talking about peonies the other day. Well, a few weeks ago. About their short-lived beauty, about how they’re exuberant and blowsy and really? Sort of vulgar. In the best way possible. And this was just around the time they were in bloom, so the day after, I went peony hunting…
Winners
Last week, I wrote about an experience at Winners where it was impossible for me to pay for my purchase due to the pin pads at the cash not being accessible. I intended to also communicate with Winners directly about this issue, doing the advocacious thing. Especially as they have a link on their home…
Tinks at Sugar Beach
The kids (and their parents) visited to celebrate the long weekend. We hung out at mor’s first. Liam’s obsessed with reading and already reads at a grade 3 level. They just graduated kindergadern. I’m so proud I could burst. then conspired with David about sharks and elephants and which could be invisible. There was some…