
I'm on my Second Cup of Coffee
There is really nothing like being the first one up, drinking coffee before the fire, on a dreary Saturday morning. I would much prefer being the first one up on a sunny summer morning, but this will do. I remember the feeling, minus the coffee of course, of being the first one up in my earliest childhood home. I know I was less than 7 years old, because we moved from there in Grade 2. I remember dancing around the living room in the sunlight, watching dust specks floating in

Meet Me in a Land of Hope and Dreams
How many blondes does it take to build a village? I'm not being derogatory. This was the theme of the Extreme Hope fund-raiser my husband had the privilege of speaking at last night, along with news anchor, Tony Parsons, host Bob Saye, singer Claudia Santiago, Anti FGM crusader Anita, and of course the blonde herself, Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson. Laura-Lynn is funny. She is also courageous, energetic, and creative. Not content to build just one house (which she has already done