Darren Conners is the winner of ALS Ontario’s “Make It Write” Short Story Competition. Thank you to everyone for your amazing stories! Deciding the winner was a tough job! Congratulations, Darren! You write beautifully and I’m humbled by your honesty and candor. Thank you so much Darren and please remember God is only one prayer away. As a young child, Darren was [...]
Heaven has come to Byron on a divine cloud of chocolate. Last Saturday, Chocolate Makers Matthew Scanlan and Kristen Heidt shared their decadent chocolate creations at the opening of their new Forrat’s Chocolates & Lounge, a classy cabaret of chocolate haute couture. You’ll find yourself sinking into one of the soft leather couches with a [...]
Successful Toronto business woman Karyn Climans, owner of Tail Wags Helmet Covers, whose writing and business savvy I admire, posted this heartwrenching yet inspiring true story on her blog last week. Karyn thanks for sharing this thought provoking story — life can literally change on a dime. Life is Precious You never know what’s [...]
I am a middle child. And like Andrea Horwath, the second oldest of four siblings “wedged into the backseat of the family’s Ford LTD” I too travelled the busy streets of Hamilton and Stoney Creek in my father’s Ford with my three siblings. In fact, my dad’s Ford LTD was as bright a blue as [...]
I closed my eyes tight and thought back to the first time I saw a black woman. Wildwood, New Jersey. 1965. We pulled up to the motel in my Dad’s shiny black Chevy. “Look at all the balconies,” my older sister gasped. “Do we get one?” “Yep. We sure do.” Dad handed my mother [...]
“People say love is blind, I know that to be true because Alain is the same man today as he was the day I met him and the day I married him. His body may be failing but his heart and his spirit are strong and he is the love of my life.” – Juanita [...]
*** First things first…the WINNER of the Eat Pray Love DVD is Karyn Climans! Congrats, Karyn! Thanks to everyone who left their comments. Looks like most of us would rather sweat than shiver! *** Looking For A Good Samaritan? A distraught woman on the side of a New York highway found one. A tragic bus [...]
Popular Movie DVD GiveAway! Record high temperatures in most of Southern Ontario today, folks! The heat bugs are hummin’ and so are the air conditioners and swimming pool pumps. Can you believe I lined up outside the movie theatre on Saturday morning in the scorching sun and heat to see the new Harry Potter movie [...]
You mean we’re not going? Picnics are a wonderful and inexpensive way to share a romantic meal with that special person in your life. Here’s what I suggest including in your “romantic picnic plan”: Picnic basket: with plates and utensils that keeps everything together. No plastic grocery shopping bags please. Nice comfortable blanket: not an [...]
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. – Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller’s Teacher Casey Anthony will walk out of an Orange County jail as early as this Wednesday a free woman. I watched the news programs with utter disgust and disbelief as people pushed and shoved to have a place in the courtroom [...]
