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Take a trip to rural France without leaving home

With all the restrictions on travel these days, some of us may be feeling the pinch of not being able to take vacations we’d saved and planned for before COVID-19 hit. My friends Debbie and…

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I went to the mall and got homesick!

The indirect fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic hit me in a very peculiar way this week. I went to Sherway Gardens in Toronto to pick up some winter socks and slippers and decided to grab…

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Linda Grant gives us permission to love fashion and helps us understand its value

Ten years ago Linda Grant wrote a book called The Thoughtful Dresser, The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter, which gives us permission to enjoy being fashionable without being burdened by…

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It’s the time of year to fatten up and protect our nuts

This is the busy season for our three-and-a-half-pound Yorkie. Yorkshire Terriers were originally bred to hunt and kill rats in the coal mines in Yorkshire, England and those hunting instincts are buried deep in her…

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Shopping just isn’t fun anymore

Travel restrictions due to COVID-19 means many retired baby boomers will not be able to head to warm, sunny destinations this year to escape our shitty Canadian winters. I’m one of them. So, for the…

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COVID-19 pandemic reaffirms the lessons of our parents, if only we’d listened.

The baby boomer generation grew up in times of prosperity and economic growth. We often reflect on how different our childhood was from what young people are experiencing today in terms of materialism and lifestyle….

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