November - December 2008 | Naughty & Nice
I have been going to painting classes for just over a year now. They are run by my local college, Mid-Cheshire and are one of the highlights of my week. The group of people I paint with are lovely. If you ask for help the more experienced artists are happy to give advice but everybody […]
Something not entirely unexpected has happened in the wake of my layoff two and a half months ago - we’ve been, well, pretty much broke. One month after my two children moved back in with me after being with their dad for a year and a half, my position as a receptionist in a corporate […]
…without thinking about it too hard.
I’ve spent less time online in recent weeks than I ever can recall since I started using the Internet in 1997. Somehow, getting laid off from my job 6 weeks ago has afforded me this incredibly introspective time in which I’ve allowed myself to meander, sleep in, dream, investigate, contemplate, […]
I would like to praise the idea of a National Poetry Day. Poetry is about taking time to observe life and play with words to create an image or convey something meaningful. Not only that but the rhythm, rhyme and content can just bring pleasure.
National Poetry Day encourages people to read and write poems. It […]
I’m going out on a limb here, and I’m going to reveal something hugely personal about myself in a national forum. I’m afraid to be alone. There, I said it. It’s out, never to be hidden away again. My counselor says that it actually is not a fear of being alone. […]
Because I moved a great deal as a child, and often under duress, I learned to quickly seize the opportunity to re-invent myself for my new surroundings. I did this intuitively, and, more often than not, in reaction to what didn’t work in the place I was leaving behind.
Now, as a young girl, my thinking […]
I’ve been dealing with a storm-triggered migraine on and off for the past few days, and finally caved in yesterday and made an appointment with my doctor to have a prescription tweaked. Or rather, I made an appointment with her office. She’s on vacation. I was given the option of either of her two (male) […]
Well, this time yesterday, I thought I had a job - not the most challenging one, to be sure: working as a Receptionist in the financial district of Downtown Montreal. Don’t get me wrong - I was more than thankful for a steady paycheck, especially after the tremendous upheaval of the previous year. I’d gone […]
Some folk say that we should grow old gracefully. My mother would say we should grow old disgracefully but it seems to me we live in a world where being young is overvalued. It may be true that young people are more attractive, have more energy and can burn the candle at both ends but […]
It’s a question you are asked - or used to be asked - on a regular basis as you finalized your purchase at the grocery store - and I’ve realized that rarely am I asked these days because each store seems to have its own preference…. As we become more environmentally aware, some markets encourage […]
When I was a teacher it soon became obvious that children who were unhappy were less able to learn. If a child was going through a trauma such as grieving or going through an unfriendly parental separation they would be unable to concentrate. Although this may seem blatantly obvious, it is often not obvious to […]
Each of us finds our own personal rhythm as we go about our days, and once upon a time, going to the gym was part of mine. Life changed. First there was a divorce. Then there was a shift in my businesses, which lead me to living in hotels rather than in my own snug […]
Music evokes emotions and memories. It reflects our mood and can change how we’re feeling. It can also change how we behave. Every group of young people will have a form of music that represents them and often this stays with them for the rest of their lives. Even when tastes change, play again the […]
The first female Iron Chef, author and Executive Chef of Bon Appetit Magazine, Cat Cora is an inspiring woman.
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A man who cooks is always sexy. Mario lives his passions, for food, for culture, and for his family, and he's the perfect ingredient for Nov.
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