When everybody smoked everywhere circa 1977, the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Canada was about to rise to $1.00 a pack. A woman…
One morning circa 1990, my late husband and I rose to survey our living room and kitchen post dinner party. In those days we would…
Years ago, on a hot summer day in the office, I pinned my hair up for a change. A male colleague paused in my doorway…
It takes a certain amount of discomfort to make changes. Last week I wrote about the frog staying in the increasingly hot pot of water….
Like the proverbial frog in the pot of increasingly hot water, sometimes we inure ourselves to growing levels of discomfort. It’s easy for most of…
Handshakes used to be considered a very important part of introductions and business relationships. Years ago, I met a salesperson who told me his company…
Living alone is one thing, but if I want to do things — and I do — it means that sometimes I will be by…
A meme is a unit of cultural information spread by imitation. Britannica.com My 1982 Oxford English Dictionary does not include a definition of ‘meme’. A quick…

