Do you ever play the grocery cart shame game?

Lynda Davis
August 25, 2019
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On my more virtuous days when my grocery cart is full of organic produce, fresh-pressed Green Goddess juice and two kinds of quinoa, I like to cast a critical eye on what's in the cart of the person ahead of me or behind me in the lineup. It's a bitchy and small-minded exercise in me getting all sanctimonious and judgey. When I see a cart overflowing with bags of white Wonder Bread, cases of soft drinks, frozen mac n'cheese, Doritos and heavily sugared breakfast cereals, I get all self-righteous…

You might want to avoid me in the grocery store.

NO! I definitely do not need my ducts cleaned.

Lynda Davis
August 18, 2019
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Does anyone know how to stop those infernal, annoying, never-ending calls from telemarketers trying to sell me duct-cleaning services? It's been going on for years and they nail me anywhere at any time. I was sitting in the hairdressers yesterday and ring...ring...ring. I rarely use my cellphone so when it rings it's always my husband. Not this time. After fumbling in my purse, digging out my phone from the bottom layer of purse detritus and trying to figure out how to turn it on to take an incoming call,…

I’m on the rocky road to death by ice-cream

Lynda Davis
August 12, 2019
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As soon as that container of French Vanilla ice-cream in my freezer is gone, I'm going to quit. This time for sure. It's the last remains of some flavours I stocked up on when we had company a couple of weeks ago. Understandable, right? I bought the French Vanilla to serve with fresh Ontario strawberries which have a life expectancy of only 24 hours, but the Black Jack Cherry, Heavenly Hash, Pralines n'Cream, Rocky Road, and Maple Walnut are just plain inexcusable examples of my character weakness. It reveals a…

Life without nuts would drive me nuts

Lynda Davis
August 5, 2019
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With all due respect and a measure of sympathy for those people who suffer from nut allergies, I can't imagine life without nuts. I was contemplating this the other day as I chowed down on a lovely piece of carrot cake with cream cheese icing in the IKEA cafeteria. The nuts in their cake were ground a little finer that my personal preference but we all have different tastes. Part of the fun of eating nuts is the satisfying crunch and workout our teeth get when consuming anything with nuts.…

I finally managed to see The Beatles Yesterday today

Lynda Davis
July 26, 2019
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The Beatles or The Stones? In answer to the Proustian question, I'd have to say I'm definitely more of a Beatles fan. I love some of the early Stones' music like Time is on My Side, and Satisfaction never fails to rev me up, but overall my loyalty inclines more toward The Beatles. The sensitivity and poetry of She's Leaving Home, Eleanor Rigby and their many other songs can't be denied. That's why I was so anxious to see the movie Yesterday, which I finally managed to catch today—which as I'm now posting…

A rose by any other name wins by a nose

Lynda Davis
July 15, 2019
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Scents touch a special chord, not only in our olfactory systems but also in our hearts and in our brains. We all can relate to a certain scent transporting us to another time and place. It's a magical transformation. The smell of certain things baking in the oven may take us back to our mothers' or grandmothers' kitchens. Being near water may remind us of all those carefree days as children swimming in the lake or nearby river every summer. The fragrance of certain perfumes may transport us to memories…