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Lesson # 1 – The Cleaning Lady – Author…

I really love the song by Green Day, not sure of all the words but I know somebody will know them and chime in...part of it is "when September comes..." and he's referring to change/process/life moments. It's a lovely song I think. I notice that, as I move closer to my "winter" years the time seems to shift so very quickly. I was told that would happen by my elders but I didn't believe them: silly me.

So now, as we begin our decent into December, I have a few things on my mind I'd…

For Valerie

I too remember sitting in my grade 9 class room and my French teacher Mr Theodore announcing that JFK had just been shot. It was 2:10pm exactly on the school clocks EST. None of us could believe it had happened until a live broadcast came on over the PA system.

A very sad day and there were many tears in the school's corridors. Returning to a classmate's home after school, I discovered that even adults shed tears! A very emotional day indeed…

This morning I read the Globe and Mail's front page article which starts out saying "low income Canadian seniors could be driven into poverty next summer when they find out Ottawa has cut their federal income support. Some are poised to lose a key part of their monthly income because of a new policy approved by the federal government without public notice. The rules change the way lump-sum withdrawals from RRIF's affect GIS payments. Across the country low income seniors will be affected if…

It's the most fattening time of the year

With that pumpking pie filling

and everyone swilling down eggnog and beer

It's the most fattening time of the year

It's the lip smackingest season of all

While your shopping…