Category: everyday life
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the sofa bed and sleepovers
Read more: the sofa bed and sleepoversThis blog post, the title would suggest, is about a piece of furniture and its function. It is about that, sort of … but it’s also about visits with friends and family from out of town that begin one day and continue on to the next. Since my move (back) to Montréal last year, if…
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circumstance or character flaw?
Read more: circumstance or character flaw?I was thinking about character flaws after what was clearly not a golden moment for someone that I know (was it circumstance or a character flaw or both at play, I wondered). This led me to recall my own less than golden moments. They are unfortunate, even regrettable, sometimes. And there isn’t an “undo” keyboard…
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talking yourself out of (or into) something
Read more: talking yourself out of (or into) somethingWhen my sister and I were kids, every once in awhile, our dad would tell us that we could have ice cream before dinner if we could give him three good reasons why doing so was a good idea. I can’t remember what age we were or what three reasons won out, but at some…
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