Here’s why I “doo da doo” at work. (Do you?)
I don’t think my son knows who Crosby Stills and Nash are. I’m pretty sure that he wouldn’t recognize the opening lines of Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (yes, it’s playing while I write) but they were running...
View ArticleRevealed: The not-so-secret family honey cake recipe!
A couple of centuries ago when we were newly married, we returned from our honeymoon, and a few days later celebrated Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year). One of the iconic foods during this season is...
View ArticleThe Story Goldmine
Stories. Do you love them? I do. (Who doesn’t?) I’ve been told that they’re our oldest form of teaching and communicating. This is a story about Laura Belgray, the Queen of Email Storytelling. Well, as...
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Did you know that a lightbulb (& Google) made me a (Super) Hero?
“Oh damn! The lightbulb on my sewing machine’s burnt out!” she said. “Uh, OK”, I said, “So what’s the problem?” “No light, no sewing. We need a new one.” “New bulb or new machine?” That’s when I got...
View ArticleHey! I won an Award!
I found out earlier this week that your favourite friendly neighbourhood accountant (that’s me) was voted a Platinum Winner in this year’s Toronto Star Readers Choice Awards. Doesn’t come with a fancy...
View ArticleThe Great Cat Food Dilemma: In a rut or not?
Have you ever seen one of those guys walking down the aisle at Wal-Mart, cell phone in hand, checking a picture, looking for something on the shelf? That’s probably me (if you live in Thornhill, ON)....
View ArticleRunning on Empty
I was running late that morning. Bolted down my breakfast. Loaded up my lunch bag. Grabbed my briefcase and I was out the door and into my car. Zipped over to the 407 and started my 45-minute trip to...
View ArticleThe Smile behind the Mask
“Do you ever get bored listening to that?” I was lying on my side in a cool darkened room while the echocardiogram technician was running the wand over my chest. Every once in a while, she’d hit a...
View ArticleNOT Cooking the books
“Should I start boiling the water for the pasta?” I shouted. (I was helping Gail make dinner and I was in the kitchen and she was upstairs). “Yes”, she said. I turned the burner on. But I didn’t check...
View ArticleAre you feeling snowed under? I was (and what I did about it)
“Oy! I ache all over”, I said to myself. Of course, that was after shovelling 25cm+ of snow off my driveway last week. (But I’m feeling better just in time to celebrate my birthday week – which is this...
View ArticleDo you feel like an imposter? You’re not alone.
“I feel like such a phony! A total imposter!”, she cried. “And it’s so scary and frustrating!’ If my eyebrows could’ve gone any higher, they’d be above my hairline. I looked like an anime character...
View ArticleThe Story Goldmine
Stories. Do you love them? I do. (Who doesn’t?) I’ve been told that they’re our oldest form of teaching and communicating. This is a story about Laura Belgray, the Queen of Email Storytelling. Well, as...
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Did you know that a lightbulb (& Google) made me a (Super) Hero?
“Oh damn! The lightbulb on my sewing machine’s burnt out!” she said. “Uh, OK”, I said, “So what’s the problem?” “No light, no sewing. We need a new one.” “New bulb or new machine?” That’s when I got...
View ArticleHey! I won an Award!
I found out earlier this week that your favourite friendly neighbourhood accountant (that’s me) was voted a Platinum Winner in this year’s Toronto Star Readers Choice Awards. Doesn’t come with a fancy...
View ArticleThe Great Cat Food Dilemma: In a rut or not?
Have you ever seen one of those guys walking down the aisle at Wal-Mart, cell phone in hand, checking a picture, looking for something on the shelf? That’s probably me (if you live in Thornhill, ON)....
View ArticleRunning on Empty
I was running late that morning. Bolted down my breakfast. Loaded up my lunch bag. Grabbed my briefcase and I was out the door and into my car. Zipped over to the 407 and started my 45-minute trip to...
View ArticleThe Smile behind the Mask
“Do you ever get bored listening to that?” I was lying on my side in a cool darkened room while the echocardiogram technician was running the wand over my chest. Every once in a while, she’d hit a...
View ArticleNOT Cooking the books
“Should I start boiling the water for the pasta?” I shouted. (I was helping Gail make dinner and I was in the kitchen and she was upstairs). “Yes”, she said. I turned the burner on. But I didn’t check...
View ArticleAre you feeling snowed under? I was (and what I did about it)
“Oy! I ache all over”, I said to myself. Of course, that was after shovelling 25cm+ of snow off my driveway last week. (But I’m feeling better just in time to celebrate my birthday week – which is this...
View ArticleDo you feel like an imposter? You’re not alone.
“I feel like such a phony! A total imposter!”, she cried. “And it’s so scary and frustrating!’ If my eyebrows could’ve gone any higher, they’d be above my hairline. I looked like an anime character...
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