by kathy | 3 things, Blog, fashion, fun
I have found some really great Canadian products I want to share this month. For those of us in Canada – no import duties! For those in the US – Canadian dollar prices! 1. I have lots of brown belts but I wanted a nice black leather belt and I found one I...
by kathy | 3 things, Blog, fun, self-care
With everything that is going on in our world, who couldn’t use a little distraction?? These are three things I enjoyed this summer when the news and or the weather channel just got to be too much to bear. The three things this month are all media and are both highly...
by kathy | Blog, philosophy
My dog’s full name is Bond. James Bond, but we just call him Bond. Bond is 12 years old now and is still the most handsome Lab cross with a goatee and eyebrows. He has survived being hit by a truck and two surgeries but his health is failing now. Here are the things I...
by kathy | 3 things, Blog, Travel
I spent some time this summer in a spot I have gone to many times over the last 15 years, Nakusp BC. When my kids were little, we spent a week or two with my brother’s family and sometimes my mom at a resort called Murphy’s Landing. Nakusp is a small place that is...
by kathy | 3 things, thriving in middle age, yummy things
When both my grandmothers were in their later years, they started to lose their appetite. They became fond of tea and toast meals and they became more and more frail. This unfortunately is quite common and it is the reason doctors sometimes recommend protein drinks...
by kathy | 3 things, beauty, fashion
I have always liked the color pink. For certain skin tones, it can be so fresh and youthful to wear pink. I know it is associated with ‘pink for girls and blue for boys’ but both colors are beautiful and I think we have moved on from these gender associations- thank...
by kathy | Blog, thriving in middle age
When I was growing up, it seemed like women had their own special forms of exercise that were different than men’s. We had Jazzercise and Jane Fonda (and then yoga and pilates) and they had the weight room. You had to be brave to venture in there. Now we know better....
by kathy | 3 things, Blog, fashion, fun
I found myself downtown last week to pick up a book from Indigiospirit and while there, I wandered into La Maison Simons. I hardly ever go downtown – let’s face it I hardly go anywhere – but it was a productive trip and I got some cool stuff. The...
by kathy | 3 things, beauty, Blog, self-care, thriving in middle age
This month I am going to keep it simple, inexpensive and all about my current favorites in skincare. The first is a skin ointment I discovered in the baby section of Shoppers Drug Mart and I’m kinda obessed with it.  This healing ointment is sold in the US by...