
Avoiding Negativity for 12 Days: a reasonable goal?
Trying to ‘avoid the negative’ for the next two weeks. Will I see the forest through the trees? Wish me luck!
Hip Surgery Needed
My quality of life is in decline so it’s time to ask for that hip surgery… only the question can’t even be heard right now because our healthcare system is so stressed due to COVID hospitalizations that I am one of thousands of Ontarians being temporarily denied care.

And Just Like That... Woke with Jokes?
Sex and the City revival series And Just Like That… preaches ‘wokeness’ yet uses ableist language. In S1 E5, ‘Tragically Hip’, Carrie Bradshaw refers to arthritis as ‘Old Lady Disease’. I was diagnosed at 18 months and am sick of being misrepresented. My pain isn’t a joke.

Windmill Cottage
I’m the third generation in my family taking on the family cottage. We’ve been renting it since 2019 and became official owners as of late 2020. The first to offer it to the public via exclusive rental (AirBnB at first, then word of mouth, family and friends). and this blog details some of my feelings on the last three years.
Under the Influence
How do you feel about Social Media Influencers? It’s the way of the future in terms of advertising but don’t you think it’s strange how the risk of disappointment in a company’s product or service is shifted directly onto the person paid to promote the product and it’s consumers? Makes ya think…