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The Walk to Fight Arthritis: Making a Bad Day Good

I’d committed to doing the 5K in the Walkto Fight Arthritis this past Sunday and was very much looking forward to it. There was no reason to believe that I wouldn’t be able to do it — in the last year, I’ve wandered around various areas of the city for 5 km or more on…

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Aging Rocker Chick Sees Concert

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#TBT Courtesy of Donny Osmond

I was out on the town yesterday, a mutual Christmas present between David’s sister and myself. We went to see Donny and Marie: Christmas in Toronto. Yes, the Donny and Marie with the last name of Osmond. From the varying reactions we had when we shared our plans, it’s obvious that this is not to…

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Walking the Walk

We did it! The Your Life with RA team raised over $2,300 for our 5K in the Walk to Fight Arthritis, exceeding our goal by $700. Not bad for our first time out! We all got up at the crack of dawn Sunday and headed to the Evergreen Brick Works. It’s a beautiful green space in the middle of…

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She Flew

Beth has died. This shouldn’t be a surprise — she has lived with autonomic failure for years. When we first became friends, we did so knowing that she was going to die. At the time, she estimated another year, maybe two. That’s six years ago. Somehow, I had begun to think that Beth was perennial….

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Rediscovery

image credit: Darius Sankowski Seven or eight years ago, I stopped being able to read regular books. My neck and shoulders couldn’t handle holding the book or the looking down part. Before that, and for as long as I can remember, I carried a book with me wherever I’d go. Reading was my first love….

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A Dance with Words

When I lived with my parents, dinner was one of my favourite times of the day. Not because my mother is an excellent cook – although there is that – but because dinner was the time where we all sat down together, ate and talked. And it was the talking especially that made this time…

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Life Line

There are times when this stress hits you so hard that you have made a conscious decision to build a wall against it. The stress can be a physical flare, unmanageable pain or the life crap that has a habit of happening without your consent. For me right now, it is the life crap. There…

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Crazy Canucks

Shorts. In February. When there’s still snow on the ground. Certifiable.   

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Accomplishments

It is my habit to write something thoughtful and pondering – although hopefully not ponderous – on the last day of the year, sort of summing up the theme of the past 12 months. This year, however, it could be argued that I’ve already done that – early this month, I wrote about finally getting…

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Words to Live By

My friend Dawn came by for our end-of-summer lunch with her daughter Lana and Lana’s friend Autumn, both about 8 years old. Overheard when they’re meeting Lucy (who was ecstatic about the kids): Autumn: cat tongues are so funny. Lana: I never wipe off kitty kisses. Autumn: you shouldn’t wipe off any kisses. Lana: maybe…

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Spots

Every year, I’m convinced it’s at the end of May, which means that I’ve sometimes missed it. This year, it was dumb luck that I checked on the weekend and all of a sudden realized that holy crap, my blogiversary is Thursday! I had plans for it. There are going to be some neat things…

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