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December 7, 2018December 7, 2018Snowbird of Paradise

A Wrinkle in Buying

You know how, when you need some gift-buying inspiration, you go to a favourite shopping website and click on the options? You can select gift ideas for men, women, kids, or a specific celebratory event. Well, the people who put the products under those categories have some really limited perceptions of gender. I have two […]

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March 20, 2014July 7, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

Being Cut Off

The rules about private conversations in public places were relaxed a long time ago. I think it was when school children started being loud and obnoxious on busses. My in-laws were visiting once and, since they were without their own car, chose to take a bus into town. It had been a while since they […]

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March 30, 2013July 13, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

A lovely little satisfaction

I have a favourite turquoise shirt that had lost two of its buttons, and I had, of course, lost the little plastic bag of spare buttons that came with the shirt when it was new.  I looked for them in the junk drawer where I keep little plastic bags of buttons, and I looked in […]

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February 24, 2010April 1, 2013Snowbird of Paradise

Red Work Boots

I am going to be volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity worksite on Thursday. Because I didn’t bring my work boots with me to California, I went to buy some. The store was very closely packed, and there were lots and lots of boots in boxes.  I started to work my way down the aisles, looking […]

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