Category: Lifestyle

(Business Insider, May 2024) — My husband retired last year, and recently, we upsized our home. For us, it was a move to what I call “rightsizing.” We lived in a large house built in 1870 in the center of …

After my boomer husband retired, we moved to a bigger house. We now have space for our hobbies and grandchildren to visit. Read more »

(Reader’s Digest UK, January 2024) — While some disabilities are visible, others are not, and this is how airports are now taking action to reduce stress and anxiety for travellers with invisible disabilities in North America and Europe.

(Farmer-ish, December 2020) – We all have those mornings where we start out feeling overwhelmed as we look at our list for the day wondering how we will make time for cooking for the family. I admit that every Sunday …

Make Ahead Cozy Winter Dinners Read more »

(The Canadian Jewish News, February 2020) – Arlo Haskell’s The Jews of Key West: Smugglers, Cigar Makers and Revolutionaries (Sand Paper Press) illustrates an unexpected perspective of the southern, hurricane-magnet city in covering its 195-year-old Jewish community.

(Family Fun Canada, April 2019) – I recall the trip I was on when I firmly decided it was carry-on luggage only from then onward. I was flying to Milwaukee out of Toronto’s Air Canada terminal 1. I arrived the …

Travelling Light? Just Carry-On Read more »

(Waypoints Global, December 2018) – We don’t all make time to shop when on holiday, but looking for gifts for friends and family, or picking up a memento for yourself is a real treat. Jewellery doesn’t take up much space, …

From Beach to Jewellery Box Read more »

(Waypoints Global, November 2018) – Air Canada now has an application for excess baggage. Not a reason to add in a few extra pairs of shoes, the application process is for humanitarian purposes, including the transportation of live rescue cats …

Permission to Carry More Luggage – Pack for a Purpose Read more »