Ten Thousand Hours and a Bit More
Charlene Norman
June 5, 2023
Ten thousand hours? Say what? Last Saturday, I walked to the funeral home to settle my brother’s affairs. I ended up speaking to one of
Observations of an Executrix
Charlene Norman
May 29, 2023
My eldest brother passed away a few weeks ago. He joins my two other brothers and parents and leaves me as ‘the last one standing.’
The Making of a Podcast
Charlene Norman
May 8, 2023
So excited to share this with you. Recently, I could feel the winds finally begin to shift. My head was filled with accolades; my podcast
Small Business Needs Us
Charlene Norman
May 1, 2023
One of the hardest things a small business owner has to contend with is toiling in relative obscurity until they establish a solid reputation. This
We Are A Plague of Locusts
Charlene Norman
April 24, 2023
In 2019 a city councillor named Gala Pin expressed her disapproval of cruise ship tourism: “It’s a plague of locusts [type of] tourism; they devour
Travel: A River, a Wine and a Natural Occurrence
Charlene Norman
April 17, 2023
Have you noticed how so many of us are travelling now that the restrictions have been lifted? To be fair, I haven’t heard one person
Changing Your Thinking
Charlene Norman
April 10, 2023
Sitting and thinking about all the different things to write for your Sunday morning read is such a gift. And it is a delight to
Do You Remember Being Young?
Charlene Norman
April 3, 2023
What were you like when you were twenty or even twenty-five? Do you remember? I was confident and brash. I had no idea what would
Overhaul those Statutory Holidays
Charlene Norman
March 27, 2023
When was the last time you looked at your holidays? NOT the vacation allotment. The statutory holidays? Recently in the west, some of us celebrated
It’s Always the Little Things
Charlene Norman
March 20, 2023
Have you noticed it’s the always about the little things? Last week, I had a late-in-the-day Zoom appointment with a gent in the US. I