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A Christmas poem for the little ones by Kathleen Gauer
HIDDEN NATURE, Nora Roberts
Hidden Nature, Nora Roberts Synopsis: Nora Roberts’ Hidden Nature follows Sloan Cooper, a Natural Resources police officer whose life takes an unexpected turn when she’s critically injured interrupting a convenience store robbery. During her recovery, back at her childhood home, … Continue reading
HENNA ARTIST, Alka Joshi
The Henna Artist is your ticket to ride a literary train through India and experience the richness of its culture, its past glory and its wonders as part of modern society. All these things from just one book. So come … Continue reading
Attention writers…are your promoting yourself?
Are you neglecting promotion responsibilities? Are you neglecting marketing your work? Are you failing to showcase yourself as you deserve? There aren’t enough hours in the day to do all the work that creative people like you do? Do you … Continue reading
The GREY WOLF, Louise Penny
The GREY WOLF Louise Penny Synopsis Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, … Continue reading
NOV 8 – Ford, fones, and tying a student to her desk
The year’s winding down but Rotzy’s just winding up with opinions about Doug Ford and school discipline. Tying students to a desk? The new norm in classroom discipline? Pretty sad state of affairs in the field of education and it … Continue reading
HEALTH & WELL: How to maintain a healthy brain
How to maintain a healthy brain The short of this article is that one must pay attention to diet, exercise, socialization…in other words, maintain good balance in one’s life in all areas. Ageing changes the brain, but it’s not all … Continue reading
HEALTH & WELL: 10 Ways to Move More Every Day, According to a Physical Therapist
It can feel overwhelming when you’re trying to make time for exercise. Here are some tips I give my physical therapy patients… and how I manage to keep myself moving. I get it. We’ve all said, “Who has time to … Continue reading
MALLS, going once, going twice, gone !
Going, going, gone…maybe not all, but more and more are living out the final years, even days. Here’s a great article about malls dying days in the United States. What happens in the USA, unfortunately, doesn’t stay there: “Everything must … Continue reading
Nov 15 – Don the dink and other remembrances
Health report, Remembrance Day report and reporting on Don the Dink! An addendum re Don the Dink: Richard…BYAM…..’Don’ is really ‘Ron’….not an ‘old codger’….I’ve got 15 or 20 years on him…..but still qualifies as a Dink. AND….if he was wanting … Continue reading
The GREATEST SENTENCE EVERY WRITTEN, Walter Isaacson
The GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN Walter Isaacson Synopsis To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a fascinating deep dive into the creation of one of history’s most powerful “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all … Continue reading
GRAY MOUNTAIN, John Grisham
GRAY MOUNTAIN, John Grisham Synopsis The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, … Continue reading
Nov 22 – Welcome to Scrooge 2021
Watch out folks….Scrooge may have taken on another form this year but he’s as ornery as ever, if not more so. ”Some Assembly Required”(*see below) It’s been awhile since Miz. Jo and Rotzy joined forces to ‘build’ anything, but last … Continue reading
AGEING & SENIORS: Seniors’ Centre Without Walls – Phone in Programs
Nov 29 – Rotzy opens offensive on many fronts
Rotzy has a gnat problem, so it’s off to war ! World War III…. ….is officially underway, with Miz. Jo having launched a ‘major offensive’ here in Unit #303 early last week against The Gnats From Hell…..which yours truly pronounces … Continue reading
The SZPINNER DEC 2021 NEWSLETTER ( PDF format )
[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.szpin.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DEC-2021-NEWSLETTER-final.pdf” title=”DEC 2021 NEWSLETTER final”] The LINK CONNECTIONS in PDF do not seem to work at all. I suggest use of the WORD format newsletter found by going back to the NEWSLETTERS and find the WORD formatted one or … Continue reading
A Covid Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, but Covid was here, So, we all had to stay extra cautious this year. Our masks were all hung by the chimney with care In case Santa forgot his and needed a spare. With Covid, … Continue reading
