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Broken window

First thing yesterday morning, Mom called me to say that during the night, someone had thrown a rock through her living room window.  I called the building manager, who called the window-repair guy, who called Mom back to set a time to fix it. J and I headed over to assist with the clean-up. Mom had…

Hellooooo! Barbara Tfank, can you hear me?

In fact, this post is about the wonders of the internet, combined with my atypical recent interest in fashion. I was browsing around clicking on links on interesting blogs, and ended up on a site I wouldn’t typically get to – Mrs. O – a site devoted to Michelle Obama’s style. There was Mrs. O……

Humility and skinny jeans

Most of you who have ever tried on clothes in a store dressing room will understand the meaning of the word “humility.” I’ve been quite pleased with myself in my  recent dressing room experiences, because I have lost 10 pound of blubber, mainly around my middle. Still have about 5 pounds, but my body type…

Movie: Touching the Void

Touching the Void is another excellent and suspenseful documentary movie – the true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. Apparently it was a book of the same name. It is much better than, say, 127 Hours, which I reviewed a…

Requiem

This 1978 Toyota Celica was in my husband’s life before I met him. It seems that I have outlasted it! We’re a little sentimental to see it go, but will get over it! My favourite memories of the car were of drives to Mt. Seymour, weekend after weekend, with 5 people in the 4-person car (an extra…