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Dental Appointment

I have a very good dentist, I like her and her staff, but I’ve been seeing rather a lot of them recently. During one session I got caught up in a Skeltonic or tumbling rhyme poem. Just one way to … Continue reading

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Single

How do people manage on Social Assistance when they have kids, rent to pay, groceries to buy? Are they able to work even part-time? find time to play? … A SINGLE one slim bag of groceries                          three kids and no … Continue reading

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I Sold Dorothy Livesay a Bed

Once in a while, one does something out of the ordinary, meets someone famous, without realizing it. I worked with Dorothy Livesay’s daughter for a short time many years ago, and this is what happened …A I SOLD DOROTHY LIVESAY … Continue reading

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Summer Fete

Garage sales are fun, and summer fetes even more so as the choices are so many, and all out of doors. Second-hand books draw me every time, but I always wander through baking, white elephants, clothes, jewellery … A SUMMER … Continue reading

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