Oatmeal Muffins!
I’ve been eating overnight oats for breakfast several times a week for a while, but have grown a bit tired of them. I still want oats, but decided to give them a bit more of a twist. It’s hard to… Continue Reading
Author: Cynthia Cheng Mintz
Race Shouldn’t Matter in a Kingdom Under the Sea
People are freaking out at the actress Disney has cast as Ariel in the upcoming live action production of the Little Mermaid. They do not seem to like the fact that Halle Bailey (not to be confused with Halle BERRY)… Continue Reading
Happy Canada Day!
It’s July 1st – Canada Day – and our country is 152 years young. It’s fairly quiet today, with most stores closed. Some ARE open, mostly in tourist districts. While Adam and I no longer go down to the Eaton… Continue Reading
Dear Government: Choice is Choice and THAT’S FINAL!
Ending the freedom for a woman to choose in many red states south of the border scares me. The fact that there were WOMEN MPs in Canada who attended anti-abortion rallies scare me even more. I don’t understand why they’d… Continue Reading
Political Correctness: Have We Gone Too Far?
At the risk of sounding like I’m part of the radical right, I really want to ask, “what ARE we allowed to say these days?” I find that EVERYTHING that doesn’t sound “woke” seems wrong. Hell, me suggesting that people… Continue Reading
Twisting Tradition: Bastardization or Not?
As many of you know, I became a mom just a few months ago. My son, carried by a gestational surrogate, was born in October, five weeks early. He was healthy, and “big” for his gestational age (over six pounds),… Continue Reading
Happy Lunar New Year!
Wishing everyone a very happy Year of the Pig!! May this year be a prosperous one! Image by max vector/Shutterstock
The Future World: 2054 or Even Sooner…
George Orwell’s 1984 was published in 1949 – 70 years ago. And in 1983, Isaac Asimov wrote a piece for the Toronto Star, predicting what the world would be like in 2019. While he got some of it right (computerization,… Continue Reading
Happy 2019!
Wishing everyone a very happy New Year! All the best in 2019 (goodness, I turn 40 this year!!!)!! Image credit: Joe Techapanupreeda/Shutterstock
Merry Christmas!
It’s December 25, so Merry Christmas to all who celebrate the holiday. We had our annual holiday dinner party over the weekend, so we’ll be spending today watching movies and ordering in Chinese. In other words, it’s what my husband… Continue Reading