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How Are You?
I am often surprised by how many people avoid being around others because they don't know how to answer the question "How Are You?" Some people who have been ill...
How Are You?
I am often surprised by how many people avoid being around others because they don't know how to answer the question "How Are You?" Some people who have been ill...
Bills Are Coming In
So, you spent too much for Christmas (again!) and all the bills are making you nervous. Following are some ideas about how to get out of the financial problem that...
Bills Are Coming In
So, you spent too much for Christmas (again!) and all the bills are making you nervous. Following are some ideas about how to get out of the financial problem that...
Gifts and Skills
Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Inside that circle write two or three things that you are gifted at doing. These will be things that people have told...
Gifts and Skills
Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Inside that circle write two or three things that you are gifted at doing. These will be things that people have told...
Leave the Past Behind
It is always very tempting at the beginning of a new year to think that you can just ignore the past and start over. But life is not like the...
Leave the Past Behind
It is always very tempting at the beginning of a new year to think that you can just ignore the past and start over. But life is not like the...
Is This Healthy?
It doesn't matter whether it is marriage, friendship or causal relationship there are certain things that are important to observe in order to ensure that what you are involved in...
Is This Healthy?
It doesn't matter whether it is marriage, friendship or causal relationship there are certain things that are important to observe in order to ensure that what you are involved in...
Olive Kitteridge
This book is a Pulitzer Prize winner by best-selling author Elizabeth Strout. The fictional tale has Olive Kitteridge as the main character. She is a retired schoolteacher who lives in...
Olive Kitteridge
This book is a Pulitzer Prize winner by best-selling author Elizabeth Strout. The fictional tale has Olive Kitteridge as the main character. She is a retired schoolteacher who lives in...
The Heist
Kate O'Hare is a very well-trained FBI special agent who works in the area of international crime. She worked hard to develop her skills and reach a point where she...
The Heist
Kate O'Hare is a very well-trained FBI special agent who works in the area of international crime. She worked hard to develop her skills and reach a point where she...
How Is It Supposed to Be?
Dr. Jenn Berman is a psychotherapist who has a radio show that I listen to at times. Recently she put a posting on her Facebook page that states: "What screws...
How Is It Supposed to Be?
Dr. Jenn Berman is a psychotherapist who has a radio show that I listen to at times. Recently she put a posting on her Facebook page that states: "What screws...
Miracles
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word "miracle" as: "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs." We use the word miracle in a number of ways. Sometimes individuals who...
Miracles
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word "miracle" as: "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs." We use the word miracle in a number of ways. Sometimes individuals who...
Boxing Day and Tradition
There isn't any consensus about the origins of the secular holiday that occurs on December 26th. As far back as the Middle Ages, people have been concerned about caring for...
Boxing Day and Tradition
There isn't any consensus about the origins of the secular holiday that occurs on December 26th. As far back as the Middle Ages, people have been concerned about caring for...
Walking the Journey Together... Alone
Cam Scott was a newspaper man. One of his goals in life was to move up the ladder in order to become a publisher. He also loved his family and...
Walking the Journey Together... Alone
Cam Scott was a newspaper man. One of his goals in life was to move up the ladder in order to become a publisher. He also loved his family and...
B Is for Burglar
This book is the second in a series of mystery novels written by Sue Grafton. Kinsley Millhone is a single young woman who has a private detective agency. Business is...
B Is for Burglar
This book is the second in a series of mystery novels written by Sue Grafton. Kinsley Millhone is a single young woman who has a private detective agency. Business is...
True Peace
Every year I write an article for Canada's Remembrance Day which is on November 11th. This time I thought I would write a poem instead: Remembrance Day: a time when...
True Peace
Every year I write an article for Canada's Remembrance Day which is on November 11th. This time I thought I would write a poem instead: Remembrance Day: a time when...
Takedown Twenty
Stephanie Plum works as a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinnie. She isn't very good at her job and often ends up in ridiculous situations. When she needs help, she...
Takedown Twenty
Stephanie Plum works as a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinnie. She isn't very good at her job and often ends up in ridiculous situations. When she needs help, she...
Love and Louis XIV
When Dauphin Louis was born in 1938 his parents Louis XIII and Anne of Austria as well as all of France rejoiced. In those days infant mortality rates were high,...
Love and Louis XIV
When Dauphin Louis was born in 1938 his parents Louis XIII and Anne of Austria as well as all of France rejoiced. In those days infant mortality rates were high,...
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
In 2003 Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the eighth Countess for an estate that includes Highclere Castle. She has been fascinated with the history as well as the ancestors of her...
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
In 2003 Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the eighth Countess for an estate that includes Highclere Castle. She has been fascinated with the history as well as the ancestors of her...
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier lived most of her life in Cornwall, England. She first published "Rebecca" in 1938 which is part of a very long list of novels, short stories, plays...
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier lived most of her life in Cornwall, England. She first published "Rebecca" in 1938 which is part of a very long list of novels, short stories, plays...
Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey
Highclere Castle is a Jacobethan country house that sits on 5,000 acres in Hampshire England. The eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon live in the castle on a part-time basis...
Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey
Highclere Castle is a Jacobethan country house that sits on 5,000 acres in Hampshire England. The eighth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon live in the castle on a part-time basis...
Friends Are Waiting
My paternal grandfather, Robert Hancock, was an orphan who was sent to Canada by the Dr. Barnardo organization when he had just turned eleven years of age. He was a...
Friends Are Waiting
My paternal grandfather, Robert Hancock, was an orphan who was sent to Canada by the Dr. Barnardo organization when he had just turned eleven years of age. He was a...
I'm So Thankful
My daughter and I recently returned from a trip to England and even though it was fun and interesting there were so many things that I missed about home. Some...
I'm So Thankful
My daughter and I recently returned from a trip to England and even though it was fun and interesting there were so many things that I missed about home. Some...