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Fear the unknown…

October 26, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” ~ HP Lovecraft … [Read more...]

The Real Menace When Dealing With a Five Year Old…

October 19, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

"The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old." ~ Jean Kerr, Please Don't Eat the Daisies … [Read more...]

TODAY is my favourite day!!

October 5, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

There is always lots of excitement and squeals going on in this house, and I'm pretty sure today is my five year old's favourite day too! … [Read more...]

On Knowing When to Declare a State of Emergency…

September 28, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

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Education is a FIRE….

September 21, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~ W.B. Yeats   … [Read more...]

Housework Can Kill…

August 25, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

  "Housework can kill you if done right." ~ Erma Bombeck … [Read more...]

On the Dangers of Safety….

August 17, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

"The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety." -- Goethe Being safe, playing it safe, taking the easy safe path, that holds a danger of it's own, no? … [Read more...]

How to Push Your Limits…

August 3, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

  "Do one thing every day that scares you." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt … [Read more...]

Fairy Tales Give Hope that Dragons CAN Be Killed

July 20, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant 1 Comment

"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed." ~ G. K. Chesteron … [Read more...]

Only those who risk can find out…

July 13, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go." ~ T.S. Eliot … [Read more...]

Nobody’s listening anyway…

July 11, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

Home is where you can say anything you please, because nobody pays any attention to you anyway. ~ Joe Moore Photo credit: Fred Goldstein | Dreamstime.com   … [Read more...]

On knowing when to keep one’s mouth shut…

July 6, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

  "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." ~ Mark Twain … [Read more...]

Insanity is hereditary…

June 1, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

"Insanity is hereditary. You can catch it from your kids." ~ Erma Bombeck   … [Read more...]

Hm. Good point, Gloria.

February 9, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career." - Gloria Steinem   … [Read more...]

Princes yes, but wolves and humans too…

January 19, 2015 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

  Princes wait there in the world, it's true. Princes, yes, but wolves and humans, too. Stay with Me (The Witch's Lament), from Into the Woods I find this song in particular gets caught in my head. It's been living there ever since they released that promo clip of Meryl Streep as the witch singing Stay With Me. (And yes, I went and saw the film on Boxing day. And … [Read more...]

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