Love. I’ve given a lot of thought to this four-letter word over the past 14 months. It’s been more than a year since we first heard of Covid-19 and our vocabulary grew to include words like ‘lockdown’, ‘quarantine’ and ‘social distancing’. For much of the world, the light at the end of our long, …
I used to be a bit of a fashionista. Not of the Milan Fashion Week runway variety but put together in a way that was trendy but not too over-the-top. In my previous life, long before living in rural Italy and years before I was a television writer and director, I co-hosted Canada’s first entertainment …
We look at this history of Valentine’s Day and the first Valentines
The Covid Curse, losing our connection. Dealing with being separated from family and friends during the pandemic
When I think of New Year’s Eve one word comes to mind, nostalgia. It’s a rich word, a full word – carrying with it the history of our past and the story of our lives. To give into nostalgia is to acknowledge that life is bittersweet. We recall all the lives, losses and lessons that …
When is it too early to decorate for Christmas?
I want to talk about love. And I want to talk about loss. Because to love means you will inevitably experience loss. It is unavoidable, inescapable. A certainty. This won’t be a light read so now is the time to pick up you coffee and walk away if you are looking for a bright and …
We put a lot of stalk in the passing of a decade. Once we reach that all-important 21st birthday milestone, we divide our lives by the tens. Look at all the Hallmark birthday cards. You won’t find one for turning 31 or 42. It’s the passing of one decade to the next that matters. Turning …
Nothing changes, if nothing changes Courtney. C Stevens Change. A simple word loaded with emotion. For some of us, the thought of change is terrifying. We fear a shift from the ‘known’ to the ‘unknown’. We cling to the familiar, doing all we can to resist change, to keep things the same aka ‘normal’, comfortable. …
