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Colours can be terrifying!

Phobias are a fitting topic now that we’re approaching ‘spooky season’, and it got me thinking about my own fears and whether they would qualify as phobias or not. I don’t care for snakes, but as there aren’t any venomous snakes where I live, it’s more of a startle reflex than a real fear. I like to have spiders in the house and routinely trap and move the silly individuals who think the bathtub

Phobias - A funny tale by Paty Jager

When I first saw the topic for October, I thought, really? Phobias? But then it is the spooky month and what is spookier than coming face to face with something you fear.I have two things I fear. Many would say it is irrational, but hey, when you hear my stories, I'm sure, when you quit laughing, you'll see why I have my phobias. First phobia - Mice. Hear me out. They are disgusting. They can

Thought for the Day

 Ernest Hemingway said, "One cat just leads to another."That's how he ended up owning fifty cats at one time.

Thought for the Day

 “I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it.”– George Foreman

A Brief History of Impulse Buys by Sarah Raplee McDermed

Have you ever made an impulse purchase? Like a mug with a pithy saying that resonated with you that had you smiling all the way home? Did you come across the heavy, oversized and underused cup months later gathering dust at the back of the cupboard?Unfortunately, I have done something like this more than once.A couple of months ago, my husband and I stopped in at a charming boutique with a coffee

Worst Vacation Ever By Kathy Coatney

          Thismonth’s theme for Romancing The Genres is the worst shopping trip ever. SinceI'm not much of a shopper, and I absolutely adore shopping online, I decided toshare my worst vacation ever.         Whenour children were young back in the late 80s, four and seven, we had friendswith kids that were the same age. They invited us to their cabin on a privatelake. We were excited

To shop, or not to shop...that is the question

 I feel as if the pandemic made us all internet shoppers when many of us had never bought anything online before.Groceries, clothes, everything from toothpaste to shoes.I never shopped online prior to being locked down in 2020-21. I found it not only daunting, but was always worried about cybertheft of my credit cards. Of course, the pandemic changed that. When you can't go out to a grocery store

Shopping: A Blast or Dreaded? … by Delsora Lowe

I’ll start off by saying, in general, I do not enjoyshopping. As a teen, I loved wondering stores with my friends to dream aboutnew outfits. I had a clothing allowance, so I had to be frugal. That meantsewing many of my outfits. But truthfully, I can’t remember a most hatedexperience while shopping. Unless you want to count the day I was pickpocketed,as a teen, while shopping for fabric to

Shop Till You Drop!

 By:  Marcia King-Gamblewww.lovemarcia.comBrowsing through stores has always been therapeutic for me.  In fact, I enjoy doing so when times are good,and times are not so good. I find peace and a certain tranquility fromwandering through aisles, sniffing perfumes, and touching fabrics.  It’s not about the buying of things, it’s moreabout sensory overload.  The smells, the sights,the sounds,

SHOPPING: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Dari LaRoche

 Shoppingcan be fun. Or, shopping can be awful. It can draw us together. It can separateus and cause fights and rifts. Many times, it has nothing to do with money. It maybe solely an attempt to impose our will on another as if we know better. Likesisters, spouses, even friends and work colleagues.Oneof my shopping trips was funny in retrospect, but still embarrassing and theworst. It