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Back in the closet

My mother, God rest her, was engaged in mortal combat with clutter for most of her life, and in spite of raising seven children, one special needs, several others chronically ill, she did remarkably well. The house might not have always been white glove clean, but it was presentable. After Dad died however, and she […]

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Blessings by the mugful!

At Chez Beaudoin the rule is The Mister goes and gets the mail, but I like to open it. It’s one of the simple pleasures of my day to see which charities have sent me address labels, greeting cards, and writing pads (I’m crazy about paper products of any kind, especially free ones!), what cheques […]

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Making it legal

I am now what some people genteelly refer to as “a woman of a certain age.” It seems my salad days are over and I’m well into my entrée. On the upside, I qualify for Canada Pension this year, and to that end, I decided to go online and get the straight poop about how […]

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A jasper necklace and the walk into Lent

A while back I mentioned I wanted to write a little something about the lovely necklace given to me by one of my Yaya sisters, Cinda Willigar, and now seems as good a time as any. It is a picture jasper stone on a sterling silver chain. Picture jasper is a form of brown jasper […]

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