Author: Charmian Christie

Grocery Scare

Grocery Scare

The horrifying listeria outbreak is all over the news. Since I don’t eat or buy cold meats, I didn’t think much about it. Until I went grocery shopping today and this was taped to the automatic doors. Makes it hard to ignore. Then I went 

Animal Radio – Take Your Pet to Work

Animal Radio – Take Your Pet to Work

You never know where an article will lead. Thanks to her excellent story in the Globe and Mail, Kira Vermond will be discussing animals in the workplace this Saturday with Animal Radio. This syndicated program runs on 95 stations throughout the US. But don’t worry, 

Eat your veggies – please!

Eat your veggies – please!

I couldn’t figure out why my chicken souvlaki post got so many hits yesterday. Turns out Startcooking.com linked to my recipe. I was happy. Until I read the comment, “There are no vegetables in sight here…” Then I was confused. I eat veggies. So I 

What If …

What If …

People often ask writers where they get their ideas. I can honestly say I don’t know. No matter what inspiration-inducing trick I use, my pattern is always the same. No idea. … Idea! The amount of time represented by those three dots varies. It could 

Blueberry Bliss

Blueberry Bliss

You are not seeing things. Do not adjust your monitor. Yes, I’ve used this photo before. On Thursday. It drew so many compliments I thought I’d use it again with some clarifications. One: I did not take this photo. I wish I did, but it 

Plastic Schmastic

Plastic Schmastic

I ask you, does this tiny piece of plastic look like it would support a pantry shelf intended to hold canned tomatoes, dried beans and bags of flour? No? Okay, do you think four of these pegs would do the job? I didn’t think so 

LinkedIn – A good reason to sign up

LinkedIn – A good reason to sign up

LinkedIn has a new feature that will make freelancer writers smile — a companies directory. And you can bet I’ll be checking it out so I can target my pitches to the right person within the right company. Michelle Rafter covered the subject thoroughly on 

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

Michael Phelps might be breaking records in the pool, but David McGinn gets gold for his piece in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. His “Eat Like Mike” is one of the funniest pieces of writing I’ve read in a long, long time. McGinn decides to tackle 

Wordle

Wordle

On the weekend Andrew and I disposed of 18 boxes of books. Some went to charity, some to the used book store, some (moldy ones) to landfill. No matter where they ended up, that’s a lot of words leaving my home. I felt a void