I had assumed that the security panel at the front gate could be linked to my phone so that I could buzz people in. When I asked my landlord about it, he confessed to not knowing how it worked and then chatted with another resident who happened to be nearby about outdated names on the […]
My mum was really great as a homemaker and as a post office clerk. I wish she was still here to take over from the woman at my local Canada Post office. She would have dealt with the needs of the young Vietnamese man ahead of me and myself in a very few minutes, and […]
The mailroom at my condo was broken into last month for the third time. I decided that I no longer trusted my mail to its crowbar-compliant aluminum, and I opened a Post Office box downtown instead. I arranged for my mail to be forwarded there for three months, during which time I hoped the condo […]
You’d think it would be easier to give money away For several years now I have been donating money to charities in lieu of gifts to my siblings. We all have enough necklaces and scarves, so this is the best way to show I care and do some good. However, it isn’t always easy. I […]
Snowbird of Paradise 