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  •  My Dad visted my brother, sister-in-law and their two adorable boys in California this summer. While there, he sent and email to my other brother and I, in Toronto, that […]

    Why Can’t I Just Be Smurfy Like My Dad?

     My Dad visted my brother, sister-in-law and their two adorable boys in California this summer. While there, he sent and email to my other brother and I, in Toronto, that […]

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  • I signed up for a pilates class this fall. I want to get in shape, but I find yoga incredibly boring yet don’t really like to challenge myself with any aerobic activity. […]

    I went to a geriatric pilates class

    I signed up for a pilates class this fall. I want to get in shape, but I find yoga incredibly boring yet don’t really like to challenge myself with any aerobic activity. […]

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  • I read this study by a professor at Arizona State that found men to be much less happy than they were two decades ago. Apparently, in recent years, the life […]

    Are men becoming more depressed?

    I read this study by a professor at Arizona State that found men to be much less happy than they were two decades ago. Apparently, in recent years, the life […]

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  • I have no voyeuristic tendencies and while I watch my share of trashy, reality television shows (Love in the Wild, anyone?),  I have yet to sit through an entire episode of Big Brother.  […]

    I can’t get past Somalia

    I have no voyeuristic tendencies and while I watch my share of trashy, reality television shows (Love in the Wild, anyone?),  I have yet to sit through an entire episode of Big Brother.  […]

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  • Remember when summer used to be fun? I have such happy memories of Julys spent at overnight camp swimming in Lake Muskoka. I remember a time when just changing into […]

    Our Canoeabout

    Remember when summer used to be fun? I have such happy memories of Julys spent at overnight camp swimming in Lake Muskoka. I remember a time when just changing into […]

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  • I had dinner with my brother and his wife the other night. For privacy reasons, I won’t tell you which one.  As with any time with my brothers, the evening was […]

    My brother placed a bet on me

    I had dinner with my brother and his wife the other night. For privacy reasons, I won’t tell you which one.  As with any time with my brothers, the evening was […]

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  • I have been feeling really unsettled lately and I don’t know why. I’m jumpy, yet exhausted. I’m lonely but want to remain secluded. I’m eager to read but nothing holds […]

    Anxiety Makes me Anxious

    I have been feeling really unsettled lately and I don’t know why. I’m jumpy, yet exhausted. I’m lonely but want to remain secluded. I’m eager to read but nothing holds […]

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  • My husband was away for the long weekend so one of my friends kindly invited me for dinner Friday night, knowing that I subsist on nothing but cereal if I […]

    Let’s Not Talk About Sex!

    My husband was away for the long weekend so one of my friends kindly invited me for dinner Friday night, knowing that I subsist on nothing but cereal if I […]

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  • My friend thought her boyfriend was cheating on her, having noticed an email from Badoo, an online dating site. I knew he wasn’t. Her boyfriend regularly writes her love poems […]

    How come no one wants to fake date me?

    My friend thought her boyfriend was cheating on her, having noticed an email from Badoo, an online dating site. I knew he wasn’t. Her boyfriend regularly writes her love poems […]

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  • I just finished a book in which the thirty-something heroine was a feng shui consultant. She would go to people’s homes and rearrange their furniture to bring peace and harmony […]

    Unlocking the Secrets of Feng Shui

    I just finished a book in which the thirty-something heroine was a feng shui consultant. She would go to people’s homes and rearrange their furniture to bring peace and harmony […]

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