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Let me start with the abundantly obvious – I am not an infectious disease expert. No pretenses here – I am NOT an infectious disease expert (although it feels like the media’s trying to encourage us all to quickly become one). I am not an infectious disease expert! What I am, is [...]

Now that the groundhog’s gone back to sleep, ‘tis the season of hearts and love (unless you happen into the mall where it’s cherubs + Easter eggs + sandals and swimsuits). So, in the spirit of the season, let’s talk all things heart-centered – from the importance of listening to the council of [...]

I’ve told you many times that I love playing with words because I believe they are very powerful. My brain works fairly literally; until I can pin my thoughts and dreams into words and phrases, they are skittish and a bit unsettling. As I sat this month with a blank page (ok… I’m a ‘modern […]

I’ve gotten to kinda like the phrase, ‘Man plans and G-d laughs’, and remind myself of it more and more frequently. Where once I saw it as a warning of roadblocks ahead, I now read it as a reminder that possibility is so much greater than we dare to believe. The phrase, like so many […]

Have you ever listened to or said something for the millionth time and heard it completely differently? Of course you have. Everyone has. But why does that happen? Hmmm…. If the words weren’t any different, I’m guessing you were. This happened to me just yesterday, and voila, a blog was born! I [...]

Although Mother Nature seems to be dragging her feet, the calendar says we are on the very precipice of another beautiful Canadian summer. As my test-weary children will assert, it’s a time for slowing down, mellowing out, and easing up. It’s why we look forward to this time of year. Imagine my [...]

Those of you who’ve been following this blog for a while may have noticed that I skipped something this January. I skipped declaring my annual word/focus/intention – a habit that’s proved both beneficial and satisfying over the past 4 or 5 years. As 2018 counted down, and even as the new year [...]

I believe we who celebrate Channukah got to kick-off the winter holiday season this year. As I write, Channukah is in it’s last few hours. There’s been much good food, lots of family, some presents and many, many candles (we let each child light their own special Channukiah, so at my house, [...]

3 weeks. Not long, and yet so long. The afternoon of April 23, 2018 will be remembered by Torontonians in that dreaded, ‘where were you when you first heard?’, way. A day when our city lost some of it’s innocence, when we showed the world the kind of people (kind people) we are, and a […]