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09 Nov
This Purse Was Once a Coat
I wore my red leather swing coat and matching skirt for decades, but the huge shoulder pads were out of style, and the skirt had lost its shape....
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On Valentine’s Day, 2018, I wrote an email to a friend of mine thanking him for transforming a wooden box, originally for silverware, into the...
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29 Oct
Halloween - Over the Decades
Halloween is here, again, and my brain seems haunted by past Octobers…MUAHAHA! I remember going out to collect Halloween treats as a...
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04 Jun
The Autograph Project
The Autograph Project was introduced in November of 2018 when I enthusiastically donated 30 autograph books to a class of grade four students. I have...
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13 May
Tea for Two or Just for You
I smile every time I walk past a display of tea-for-ones. They sit proudly, wherever you place them, their double handles making them look a bit...
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20 Sep
Small Town Treasures
Almost everyone we meet, at home or away, knows someone we know, and it only takes a short conversation to discover the connection. Saskatchewan...
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For forty years, at our house, we have celebrated Sadie Hawkins Day, albeit on the wrong day. Every February 29th, we created a Sadie Hawkins party....
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In 1980, in small-town Saskatchewan, I decided to celebrate February 29, as the gift it was, a once-in-four-years bonus day. At the time, I...
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My mother saved pretty boxes from chocolates, baby shoes, lingerie, and cigars. I still have some of them tucked, here and there, in my home....
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I love to curl up in a big chair with one of our family autograph books. My late mother’s album was given to her by her sister in 1934. The...
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The other day, while dusting, I stopped to open some of my favourite old books. As always, I was fascinated by the tiny tunnels in the pages which...
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Latest Updates
- This Purse Was Once a Coat (7)
- The Secrets of My Writing Box (9)
- Halloween - Over the Decades (8)
- The Autograph Project (9)
- Tea for Two or Just for You (4)
- Small Town Treasures (4)
- Do Traditions Have an Expiry Date? (5)
- My Erroneous Leap Year Tradition (9)
- Chain Letters Without a Curse (4)
- Autograph Albums Might Outlast Facebook (4)
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