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Life can be expensive. Being a parent can be very expensive! There are some aspects we can’t control but we may have more choice around the amount and way we spend than we think (and admittedly some people may not) and a lot of it is related to our mindset. Whether we have a limited amount […]

There are stories here and there that I remember had an impact on the way my kids began to see time and space. Some were picture books that took us to a specific location and gradually, naturally brought us on a journey through time at that very spot. Others showed the process and effect of

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. As we seem to do every year, we will be going together with friends to an outdoor Remembrance Day Ceremony and then spending what sounds like it’s going to be a quite snowy day together afterward. We will do what we usually do – bundle up, pack lunch and drinks, warm

I suddenly realized I was shifting my weight impatiently from foot to foot. Although my face was smiling, my body language was probably showing that I was ready to go. I was paying for my items at the small grocery store up the street from my house. It’s a friendly place. There isn’t a lot

“Fall in Canada brings us many colours. Some plants keep the green of summer a little longer and others begin to remind us of winter a little sooner. Some things are the same colour all year round. Come have a look at the colours we see.” Opening piece from “The Many Colours of Fall” RS

Oh, there were some beautiful books written in the early and mid 20th Century. You may remember them from your own childhood … for many of us, some of them would have been considered classics even then. You may have read some of these to your own children – some of these are on quite