I had a really weird dream a few nights ago.  I was by myself, walking along a desolate country road, somewhere between the border town wher...

I was already doing a lot of thinking about travelling -- and then (on the same day, in late June) both Jess  and  Grumpy Rumblings  had tra...

I may have both my Canadian and mystery novel fan credentials revoked for admitting this, but I had never read a Louise Penny /Three Pines/G...

Last Thursday afternoon, I finally got the phone call I've been waiting for: the office of the surgeon who will be removing my gallbladd...

Back in March 2020,  I posted  about my voluntary participation in a survey from the University of Texas.  The Pandemic Project  is studying...

We're here!! Against the odds, dh & I have made it home for Christmas with my family. The pandemic news just kept getting worse and ...

I'm enjoying something very rare for me these days: a few hours of "me time," alone, at home.  It's BIL's birthday; he...

Perhaps a book titled " Anxious People " is not the greatest reading choice when you have anxious tendencies yourself  -- at first...

Back in March,  I posted  about my voluntary participation in a survey from the University of Texas.  The Pandemic Project  is studying how ...

Back in March,  I posted  about my voluntary participation in a survey from the University of Texas.  The Pandemic Project  is studying how ...

Back in March,  I posted about my participation in a survey from the University of Texas. The Pandemic Project is studying how people's...

I stumbled onto an intriguing site while on Facebook yesterday (via the page of  Rona Maynard , a Canadian writer/journalist I have long a...

Still no baby (great-nephew)...  (And that's about as "micro" a post as you're ever likely to get from me!  lol)  Yo...

Getting tickets for the upcoming Toronto visit of the touring company of " Hamilton " was an exercise in nerves and patience. I...

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll know that our Older Nephew & his wife are expecting their first child -- our firs...

Friday night, I was checking Instagram, and our 17-weeks-pregnant niece-in-law (Older Nephew's wife) had posted a photo of a glum look...

This past week -- after consulting my mom & my sister, and much agonizing over airline websites, considering different dates, flights, t...

Cathy at Slow Swimmers and Fried Eggs mentioned to me and a couple of other childless-not-by-choice bloggers this week that she's had se...