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Connections; New and Renewed

Connections; New and Renewed

08/12/2024
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Living Well, Relationships

Via Zoom, I meet with other groups of writers on a regular basis. One of these groups originally formed during Covid to aid and inspire…

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High School Friendships

High School Friendships

02/06/2024
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Relationships

If you are fortunate enough to have friends from your high school years, (beyond a Facebook connection), here’s a question; if you met for the…

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A Positive Cancer Result?

A Positive Cancer Result?

14/04/2024
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Living Well, Relationships

My Grandmother found a lump in one of her breasts circa 1930. Her options were limited; her breasts or her life. She opted to have…

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A Word on Marriages, and a Short Story

A Word on Marriages, and a Short Story

03/03/2024
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Creativity, Relationships, Short Story Included

No one knows a couple like the couple knows the couple. It just isn’t possible for anyone on the outside to fully understand the nuances…

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A Backhander to the Chops

A Backhander to the Chops

03/12/2023
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Relationships

One evening, circa 1975, my boyfriend was driving me home. We were having an enormous fight; I had talked to another man at the bar….

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Justifications and Friends

Justifications and Friends

01/10/2023
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Relationships

A justification is a convenient cognitive process we use to excuse bad behaviour. People everywhere justify their actions all the time. Take for example the…

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Such a Summer

Such a Summer

17/09/2023
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Family, Relationships

Families are like a mobile — the kind that are hung from the ceiling with matching parts delicately balanced, moving together on whatever on air…

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Quilts, Guilt, and Picking Battles

Quilts, Guilt, and Picking Battles

04/06/2023
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Anyone who’s been married for a few years understands that sometimes you have to pick your battles. I recently heard tell of a friend who…

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Humour, Sarcasm, and Profiles

Humour, Sarcasm, and Profiles

28/05/2023
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Opinion, Relationships

In online dating profiles, I can’t help noticing how many men boast about their ability to be sarcastic, as in, “I speak fluent sarcasm.” Or,…

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A Nod to My Mom

A Nod to My Mom

14/05/2023
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Family, Relationships

Ahhh, Mother’s Day. The one day of the year intended to make us turn the tables on our Mothers and do for them what they…

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