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The Girl with Nowhere to Go – a book review

Posted on February 11, 2026 by karenmeg

The Girl With Nowhere To Go by Louise Guy My rating: 4 of 5 stars A story about unresolved trauma, divided families, buried family secrets that starts out with a mysterious 16 year old orphan girl, with nowhere to go. … Continue reading →

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Scattershot Saturday

Posted on February 7, 2026 by karenmeg

Winter olympics! Perfect weekend for it, woke up to -21 degree weather. I’m Canadian, but that is really cold. I was in Montreal for most of this past week, for a work meeting. Montreal was also VERY cold. Figure skating, … Continue reading →

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Scattershot Saturday

Posted on January 31, 2026 by karenmeg

January flew by. Let’s get caught up. It was COLD this week — a huge snowstorm made it an easy decision to hunker down with my coffee, and cozy new slippers! The most comfortable feeling, having warm feet! And then … Continue reading →

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Blue Monday

Posted on January 19, 2026 by karenmeg

Marvin Martian, he greets me this Monday. With coffee. Today is apparently Blue Monday … the 3rd Monday in January. Supposed to be the most depressing day of the year? I hope not. We watched Marty Supreme last night – … Continue reading →

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Face Timing

Posted on January 15, 2026 by karenmeg

My kids face-timed me last night. At the same time. Firstborn: ” Hey Mom, what’s going on? I miss you!” Brilliant blue sky framed his face, his dark sunglasses now part of his SoCal uniform. I smiled, as I noticed … Continue reading →

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Country People – a book review

Posted on January 5, 2026 by karenmeg

Country People by Daniel Mason My rating: 4 of 5 stars A family of four travel from the comfort of liberal California to the country, Vermont when Kate, the mom, takes the opportunity to be the visiting English professor at … Continue reading →

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New Normal

Posted on January 3, 2026 by karenmeg

It’s 7 am on a Saturday. I’m up because I’ve been awake since 6:22 am. Which is late for me. No one else is up yet. The new normal. The house is quiet, it’s still a bit dark, snow falls … Continue reading →

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Kids’ TV

Posted on January 2, 2026 by karenmeg

This made me laugh… The fight between Steve Austin, Six Million Dollar (Bionic) Man, and Big Foot. Heroic white man versus a misunderstood latex and fur Sasquatch character. I loved that stuff. Like many of my generation, I spent any … Continue reading →

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What’s old is new

Posted on December 31, 2025 by karenmeg

It’s been nice to have some time off before the new year. It’s been an interesting transition back to full-time work -I’ve gotten used to it quickly. So yesterday, after being at home for over a week, I felt a … Continue reading →

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Boxing on Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2025 by karenmeg

Trying not to think about shopping. I decided to do another workout today, baby steps. The thing that crossed my mind though? That blue is really nice – I wonder if Adidas is having a sale?

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