Written by
Carine
Friday September 3, 2010
I had the privilege of being in a room full of people eagerly waiting to be sworn into the family of Canada where I noticed a disturbing behaviour.
These grown men and women have either very poor listening skills or do ...
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Written by
Carine
Thursday September 2, 2010
Apparently, further back than my memory can go, I did not like a joint birthday celebration with my sister. But my parents had it that way and threw us big joint birthday parties because our birthdays are only a week ...
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Written by
Carine
Wednesday September 1, 2010
Yesterday was a glorious day. A day made glorious by the absence of the computer.
Undeniably, computers and the internet have made a lot of things possible in my life. But without it, I can also do a lot of things.
I ...
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Written by
Carine
Monday August 30, 2010
Is it weird that I'm not bothered at all that I've been carrying around a packet of blood stained tissue paper in my bag for the past month? Or that Eli is still wearing blood stained shoes? Or that we ...
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Written by
Carine
Sunday August 29, 2010
Weekends go by at such an incredible speed that I feel myself trying to backpedal every Sunday night, as anxious as a child who forgot to do her homework. I hate the anxiety Sunday nights bring. Although I don't have ...
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Written by
Carine
Friday August 27, 2010
Eli has a client who has a house out in the middle of nowhere, where they grow their own crops and use no electricity. Their children live there and are as happy as can be.
Eli tells me he likes the ...
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Written by
Carine
Thursday August 26, 2010
I’ve got my hands on the new camera and so I am sorting out my memory cards… And I came across the photographs Eli and I took the fateful night we were viciously attacked by a complete stranger.
It is difficult ...
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Written by
Carine
Wednesday August 25, 2010
As domesticated as I try to be, I am just unable to use a traditional grater without grating myself. Last night, in a bid to lower the noise level of chopping a carrot, I decided to use our four-faced grater. ...
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Written by
Carine
Tuesday August 24, 2010
Today Eli had a lot of errands to run and chores to do, so I stayed home and kept myself occupied. I had a few things on my to-do list and despite having the list, still found myself very disorganized ...
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Written by
Carine
Wednesday August 18, 2010
With much fascination, I watched a mother pacify her tired cranky toddler with her iPhone. The moment mamma whips out the phone, the babe goes silent. Every single time. Amazing.
No wonder younger and younger children are getting cell phones. And ...
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