On Saying No to Shortbread: 5 Tips for a Saner Holiday

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One of my coaching clients recently posted a question in our online group about how to be good to yourself during the especially hectic holiday season. This post has stayed with me, and I have been pondering it while on vacation in beautiful Arizona. This year hubby and I chose to take a month off [...]

Transitioning to 2011

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Delightful dessert – mince tarts, shortbread and eggnog ice cream. (Yes, it’s true. swoon.) Mince tarts are a heavenly leftover during the lollidays. I love this time of year, because it is so FULL of possibilities. Just as I am full. Of home-cooked food – including plenty of favourite cookies and tarts – and brimming over [...]

With Apologies to Clement C. Moore

‘Twas two nights before Christmas and all through the house, every nook, crook and cranny is getting a douse; The groceries are stashed in the cupboard and fridge – there is no spare space – not even a smidge! The cookies are nestled all snug in their tins and nephews and nieces have cooky-crumb grins [...]

A Salute to Summer: Gone but not Forgotten.

One of the ways I pursue happy idleness is messing around with technology. I have to admit that my curiosity about gadgets, apps and their technological possibilities far outweighs my skill. An ambition of my middle age, and one I am sure will take me well into old age, is to at least keep up! I [...]