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Colleen Green
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Puppies and Kitties Love Christmas Too
I love this time of year, when everything around us is festive, and people tend to be friendly and cheerful. I also enjoy all the special...
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Colleen Green
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Coming back to the gym after covid
I’m seeing lots of people coming back to the gym after being off over the pandemic. I applaud their effort to get back to the gym....
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Colleen Green
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Who says being a senior means you can’t travel like you’re young by Tina Y. Gerber
Who says being a senior means you can’t travel like you’re young by Tina Y. Gerber by The Standard | December 2nd, 2021 Podcast...
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Colleen Green
Dec 2, 20212 min read
Santa Claus is Coming to Town… At Last
This marks the third year I have had the pleasure of hosting the Santa Claus parade in Scugog, and I am really looking forward to it. The...
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Colleen Green
Nov 25, 20213 min read
A Name For All Seasons
As I look out my door, I see most of the leaves have fallen, the nights are very chilly, and there truly is frost on the pumpkins. As the...
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Colleen Green
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Finally, Some Form of Normalcy
I had a taste two Saturdays ago of how life used to be. The Scugog Memorial Library is featuring an exhibition of mine, and Saturday was...
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Colleen Green
Nov 18, 20214 min read
GEOFF CARPENTIER: 35 Trips to Antartica & Counting
I recently had the pleasure of having Geoff Carpentier on my television show and was so impressed by his travel tales; I thought I would...
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Colleen Green
Nov 11, 20213 min read
The complexity of bird song
At this time of year, we expect the woods to be pretty quiet, with only the rustling of windblown leaves and the occasional chirp of a...
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Colleen Green
Nov 11, 20213 min read
Where it began
I have noticed that not every country wears poppies on Remembrance Day. It made me wonder where and how the idea originated. Remembrance...
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Colleen Green
Nov 4, 20212 min read
You are an everyday hero
In this world of speed and constant acceleration, I needed to take a break after my Mother’s death! The challenge of living in this...
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Colleen Green
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Why is your back pain back?
It seems today many people I talk to are afflicted with back pain. It ranges in severity depending on the individual. What I am referring...
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Colleen Green
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Policy idea
Recent announcements and proposals from provincial politicians regarding employment rules have been encouraging. Last week, the Ontario...
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Colleen Green
Nov 4, 20212 min read
I’m in the air again
At last, it has happened. After two years and one month of being earthbound, I have finally flown again, four times. The only concern I...
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Colleen Green
Oct 28, 20213 min read
What a hoot!
Each autumn, I marvel at the annual bird migration, as it is an exciting time of year. The nesting season is over, and the babies have...
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Colleen Green
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Is the world really flat?
I just finished watching a film called ‘Denial’, in which a professor was sued for discriminating against an activist. The interesting...
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Colleen Green
Oct 22, 20212 min read
The golden years aren’t what they used to be by Tina Y. Gerber
Getting older can seem like a daunting task: deepening wrinkles, grey hair, pronounced laugh lines, forgetfulness, and the need to grab...
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Colleen Green
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Why I can’t stand to sit
Whether it’s sitting to watch TV or driving to work, these minutes add up! Sitting is an epidemic, and we must find ways to break the...
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Colleen Green
Oct 22, 20212 min read
An old hobby
Obviously, through my career, two of my strongest art forms have been writing and photography. However, recently, I’ve rediscovered the...
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Colleen Green
Oct 21, 20212 min read
Wow, I never knew…
Many of us have travelled extensively, and something I always look for when I’m in lineups at airports is other people’s passports. I am...
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Colleen Green
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Who Owns the Money?
I am about to finish another turkey sandwich while reading a report by Visual Capitalist, a firm out of Vancouver. It deals with the...
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