backyard emergency
August 7, 2018: “What brought you to Almonte?” or “Why Almonte? people ask. “I’m not sure,” I’ve been replying. “I guess it will be revealed in time.” My…
Protected: a field of dreams revisited
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i want the highlights, but i can only pay for a trim
I first saw this video in 2010 when I owned my own one-woman public speaking consultancy. I loved it then and I love it now. This is EXACTLY what…
sucked in
Editors at Mississippi Mills’ online newsletter The Millstone came up with a plausible (or not) explanation for a recent spate of AWOL emails from readers. Their theory inspired this…
what if people had sex like worms?
Spring 2015: I sometimes get stuck in ruts. Thankfully, some of the ruts in which I get stuck are rather fun. Poetry in the style of nursery rhymes, rhyming couplets,…
grist for the mill
On July 1, 2018, I moved from the beautiful village of North Hatley, Quebec, where I lived for five years, to the equally beautiful town of Almonte, Ontario, where I…
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Protected: a thank you note
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Protected: desire
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pink picket fences
pink picket fences © 2018 punkie pink picket fences glue sticks and blue sticks pens and potatoes roses are red and so are tomatoes creating a poem…