The Liar, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Liar, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Halloween stirs up all kinds of things, a smoky mix of anticipation and fear, life and death, blood and chocolate. Since my daughter was very young, we have spooked it up with pumpkin carving and mummy dogs, gelatin brains and black candy apples. We dress up, the...
Discounted

Discounted

It happened almost 20 years ago at the gas station. I filled up my car (back then a sporty little tourmaline coloured Sunfire) and went to the kiosk to pay. The boy-man attendant handed me my change, looked up and said, “thanks Ma’am, have a great day.” Wham, Bam! You...
Peak Performance

Peak Performance

It’s been a year this month that I left my job. One revolution of the earth around the sun, endless summer giving way to seemingly endless winter. And now, spring and another season of beginnings. I had hoped that, at the end of this year of change, I would emerge...
The Good That You Do

The Good That You Do

It is easier to feel successful when you are making money. At least that is true for me. And, until the point last year when I quit my job to follow my spirit, I felt relatively successful. I still have most of the things I had then: good health, a lovely daughter, a...
Uneven Surfaces

Uneven Surfaces

They care for you and then, later on, if you are lucky enough to have a Mother Who Grows Old, you return the favour. This is how it is beginning for me. My mother finally took her doctor’s advice and got a shiny new metal hip. This after years of “I’m fine!” but the...