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So why greeting cards?
Happy New Year! I hope 2025 started off on a great note for you. Most importantly, I hope you had a great holiday-one which included plenty of fun, great food...
So why greeting cards?
Happy New Year! I hope 2025 started off on a great note for you. Most importantly, I hope you had a great holiday-one which included plenty of fun, great food...
What did 2024 teach me?
Isn’t it funny how the human mind works? As a fairly average, intelligent human being, I thought I knew what made me tick, what was important to me. But...
What did 2024 teach me?
Isn’t it funny how the human mind works? As a fairly average, intelligent human being, I thought I knew what made me tick, what was important to me. But...
Celebrating women’s achievements this October
Don’t you love it when your friends/colleagues/people you admire get up onstage to receive an award? I do. And so do a lot of other people in Ottawa. On October...
Celebrating women’s achievements this October
Don’t you love it when your friends/colleagues/people you admire get up onstage to receive an award? I do. And so do a lot of other people in Ottawa. On October...
Stay Young. Stay Wild. Stay Fun (a reminder for...
This year has been a fairly challenging one for me, and (very) often I’ve felt that I’m just not fun anymore. There’s been lot of stress, a lot of anxiety...
Stay Young. Stay Wild. Stay Fun (a reminder for...
This year has been a fairly challenging one for me, and (very) often I’ve felt that I’m just not fun anymore. There’s been lot of stress, a lot of anxiety...
“The Art of Gathering”
“The Art of Gathering-how we meet and why it matters” is a best seller written by Priya Parker. I got it in 2023 and it’s become one of my very...
“The Art of Gathering”
“The Art of Gathering-how we meet and why it matters” is a best seller written by Priya Parker. I got it in 2023 and it’s become one of my very...
In praise of play
Think back: when was the last time you PLAYED? I don’t mean a spirited round of golf. Or your weekly baseball team’s game. I mean purely playing, running around like...
In praise of play
Think back: when was the last time you PLAYED? I don’t mean a spirited round of golf. Or your weekly baseball team’s game. I mean purely playing, running around like...
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The quiet joy of snail mail: why handwritten no...
In a world of instant messages, read receipts, and speed, sending a handwritten letter or card can feel almost radical. Yet more and more people — especially in midlife —...
The quiet joy of snail mail: why handwritten no...
In a world of instant messages, read receipts, and speed, sending a handwritten letter or card can feel almost radical. Yet more and more people — especially in midlife —...
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New Year's Resolutions: how about FRIENDSHIP re...
Ah, New Year’s resolutions. If you believe the Internet, it seems there’s a (strong) movement to give resolutions the middle finger this year. I’ve lost count of the number of...
New Year's Resolutions: how about FRIENDSHIP re...
Ah, New Year’s resolutions. If you believe the Internet, it seems there’s a (strong) movement to give resolutions the middle finger this year. I’ve lost count of the number of...
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"Holiday Obligations" and the stress they cause
Note: this post is updated from December 2023. It was then titled "'tis the season to be BUSY." It seems that December snuck up on me this year. And if...
"Holiday Obligations" and the stress they cause
Note: this post is updated from December 2023. It was then titled "'tis the season to be BUSY." It seems that December snuck up on me this year. And if...
