Destination weddingzzzzzzzzz? How about a Mayan shaman?
Toronto Star Jan. 24, 2015: What a difference a few hundred centuries makes, Back when the ancient Mayans were getting married, parents and priests would negotiate who married whom, a […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Aha! Need an idea? Go for a walk. Big brains on brainstorming
UMagazine: We used to think that if you could do math in your head — say, 342 X 87 — you were born “left-brained,” meaning you tended to be more […]
Sorry, no “best wishes” for you this year
Calgary Herald, Jan 5, 2014 One otherwise pleasant afternoon when my kids were young teenagers, they collapsed in fits of giggles when I asked what “mad props” meant. They were […]
Driving art cars in Houston
Toronto Star: As you drive into Houston, passing under elaborate, almost beautiful concrete trails that whisk traffic off to some of the nearly 1,000 kilometres of freeways in the area, […]
YYCoyote: Living with the urban coyote
Swerve Magazine: Gertie is lucky to be alive. The tiny, three-pound Yorkshire terrier is recovering from multiple puncture wounds after being snatched from her Briar Hill front yard by a […]
Pass the history with the gravy boat
Swerve Magazine: I don’t remember seeing the gravy boat much when I was a kid. It was stashed away in a sideboard with the “good dishes” and, like the jolly […]
The dog days of middle age
MORE Magazine: When my kids were little and food would fly off the table at every meal, a friend tried to talk me into getting a dog. We were sitting in […]
The “P” word (for porn)
MORE Magazine: We tell one another just about everything when it comes to our intimate lives. Why then are we so reluctant to speak the naked truth about pornography?
Mother knew %$#^& best
MORE Magazine: Despite losing her at a young age, Jennifer Allford cannot forget her mom’s words of wisdom — expletives included
HIgh school reunions: Blast from the past
MORE Magazine: It’s about a three-hour drive to my old high school — from Calgary straight up Highway 2 to Edmonton. It’s all rolling prairie meets big blue sky, but […]
Jennifer Allford 