Sometimes it pays to stay put
I’m starting to get up there in age. I ache, yet I spent a good deal of the weekend outside doing yard work.
It was...
A great night for the Festival
Would someone please tell Mother Nature to stop having spring temper tantrums? After a great weekend weather-wise (aside from that nasty storm that hit...
Are birthday parties for the kids or parents?
You have to love children’s birthday parties where the parents have almost as much fun as the kids.
That was the case Sunday when I...
BBQ dilemma: repair or replace?
Ahh, glorious sunshine and temperatures above the freezing mark, well above, in fact.
We got a nice sampling of spring recently. After that long, cold...
Whirlwind dance season begins
The weekend after St. Patrick’s Day is always a crazy one at our house, for two reasons. The first is because it’s generally our...
Performing my husbandly duties
When the girls are away, the man, uh, well, does laundry and cleans out the fridge.
At least that’s what I did on the weekend.
The...
Quick trip, yes, I said ‘quick,’ to CKHA
We all hear of long wait times for pretty much any procedure or examination at Ontario hospitals. People complain about it on social media...
Chocolate overload
I attended heaven on Earth Sunday, and it was here in Chatham-Kent.
I’m talking about the annual VON Chatham-Kent Chocolate Lovers Brunch. The scrumptious event...
Fat Tuesday sends C-K citizens to bake shops
It's Paczki-mania today in Chatham-Kent, as Fat Tuesday is upon us. I walked into Maple City Bakery this morning to pick up a dozen...
Oh, Canada!
Nothing turns most every Canadian into a hockey fan quite like the Olympic games.
It is downright ridiculous how many of us crawled out of...
