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you can call me mom
Every evening I wonder if perhaps my son will sleep through the night. Infants are unsympathetic bosses. They observe no statutory holidays or EDOs…
Belle Plaine
Apr 7
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from the home quarter
I am from the home quarter. Where a house rests upon an expansive lawn. Where flower beds of petunias are hemmed in field stone. Where a rotary phone…
Belle Plaine
Feb 27
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the glamour
February 15th, 2020 is an anniversary that comes with a lot of emotions. Last year I didn’t even make mention of it because the grief of losing a year…
Belle Plaine
Feb 18
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trashy
Was this a Finders Keepers moment? Do I drop it in the donation box? Or turn it in at the front desk? Should I ask everyone I encounter if they lost…
Belle Plaine
Mar 6
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three easy pieces
I love fixing things. Recently my cousin fixed our under-cabinet lighting. He was remedying the work of an electrician who was not only awful to reason…
Belle Plaine
Mar 30
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I am 42
My birthday is on Thursday. I’m turning 42. I used to be tacky and lie about my age. A friend of mine advised me to do it. She said, “If anyone asks…
Belle Plaine
Jan 17
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and now for the good news
1. A little boy at the garden centre causing chaos. Although, he wasn’t actually doing anything... he was meandering around with his dad and slightly…
Belle Plaine
May 28
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did I miss anything?
I have that feeling of waking up after a nap I didn’t intend to take and being in panic mode after a loud snort. Where am I? Was I driving? Where did…
Belle Plaine
Jul 14
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in the kitchen
Long ago, when I worked at a restaurant in Victoria, the owner impressed upon the cooks that it was a skill to operate efficiently within a confined…
Belle Plaine
Jun 13
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on foot
When I was 20 I moved to Calgary to start my working life. My boyfriend and I rented the main floor suite of an Eaton’s catalogue home. The owner had…
Belle Plaine
Feb 2
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best results guaranteed
for Megan
Belle Plaine
Jan 25
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daydreams from my room without a view
I often dream about living on a parcel of land in a Saskatchewan river valley. Our dream home sits on just shy of 30 acres of land, much of it winding…
Belle Plaine
Mar 14
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