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Cherylea lives on small acreage near the beach and revels in it. Her home is shared by her husband, her daughter and a constantly changing number of dogs, cats, horses and birds. Gossip, farming and the beach are her favourite passtimes this week.

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Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Easy ways your family can "go green": 7 of 219

Do you want to save money? Is there a deep-rooted, psychological need in you somewhere to help save the planet? Does someone in your family suffer allergies or asthma? Making simple changes to how you clean and tidy both indoors and out will help. Water is the most efficient and cheapest cleaning product available. Explore t...
Health & Fitness > Fitness & Exercise Tips Add a little exercise to each day: 1 of 9

This morning I couldn't find the remote control for our TV. I got up, walked about 3 yards to the telly, squatted in front of it, pushed a button, stood up, turned around, walked back to my chair and sat down. I exercised. It was easy and I didn't even think about it at the time. Other simple ways I add exercise to my day to...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Animals: 11 of 82

My sister Deidre has always been a little hysterical when it comes to animals. It was an unbroken rule in our family that she was never to be told of the demise of a family pet because of the days and days of wailing, blame and pure misery imposed on all of us. This rule remained unbroken even when she was well into her 20's...
Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness Everything you wanted to know about hand sanitizers: 5 of 21

Using hand sanitizers and cleaning with soap and water are two entirely different processes, ideally used in conjunction with - not instead of - each other. Think of it like cleaning and disinfecting your kitchen bench. You wipe it down first, right? Otherwise you're just disinfecting the dirt that's on the bench, not the be...
Home & Garden > Pet & Pest Problems How to remove animal hair from furniture: 3 of 12

I believe I'm a normal, rational human being. After you've read this tale you may well disagree. That's your prerogative and I promise to think no less of you because of it. My family and I made a serious error of judgment a few years ago and purchased a rather large house (9 bedrooms) because the price was right and it had ...
Home & Garden > Cleaning (Other) Cleaning brass and copper without chemicals: 2 of 8

Cleaning with natural products is good for your wallet, good for the environment and usually great for whatever it is you're cleaning. It leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling, safe in the knowledge that you aren't doing any harm right? Wrong, well sometimes anyway. Everything is a chemical of some sort. The difference that w...
Law & Justice > Lawyers & Legal Advice What is a living will?: 6 of 15

"I was chatting with my good friend Marina the other day and we were discussing living wills. I told her I'd be making one as the thought of living in a vegetative state, depending on fluids from a bottle and a machine appalled me. Marina stood up, turned off the TV and tipped my wine down the sink the cow!" I heard this jok...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pets: 84 of 154

Ode to Ben Once again, dear friend, you have lost your shoe The slush surrounding the dam is to blame Pain and suffering, so acute, I rue For the eighth time you have again gone lame People that we both love call you Boxhead So fragile and accident prone you are The veterinary surgeons said make you dead I could never see ev...
Home & Garden > Home Repair (Other) How to repair burns in carpets: 4 of 7

An ember flies out of your fireplace before you've had the chance to put the screen up. A slightly inebriated friend misses his ashtray when stubbing out his fag. Maybe you've got rude relatives that think the floor is the ashtray (it does happen, believe me). The kids have been playing with matches. These are just a small n...
Pets & Animals > Animal Rescue & Adoption The merits of adopting a dog through a rescue league: 25 of 35

That there are too many damned dogs in the world is a given. Backyard breeders, irresponsible pet owners and the impoverished all add to the sad, sad burden of unwanted and neglected pets. Of these groups my sympathy goes only to the impoverished their intentions are grand, sadly they can't afford to have the courage of thei...