hinesight by anne hines
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One last round of reader questions
April 12, 2010
Today is my final column. In a few weeks I’ll start my first charge as a United Church of Canada minister.
Pondering what the future may hold
April 05, 2010
Time, once again, for Wise Things Said By People Smarter Than Me. Fortunately, as always, there’s no shortage of candidates.
Soul searching and dreaming of Snickers
March 29, 2010
Spring is here. Flowers bloom. Robins sing. Buds ... well, bud. It’s the time of year when all of nature rejoices. And I, of course, am miserable.
Lessons learned from home renovations
March 22, 2010
Liz and I are renovating. Every day our house is full of men. I never know when they’ll show up. I never know what they’ll want to do. It’s like I’m running a brothel. Except that the length of time they spend is way longer and I have to pay them. So, really, it’s like I’m running a bad brothel.
Cheers to the Ides of March
March 15, 2010
The toughest part of writing a weekly column is the “What the hell am I going to write about” syndrome.
Life is so much simpler in Olympic World
March 01, 2010
Monday morning. March 1. It's no longer the winter Olympics. Now it's just winter.
Olympians: Courageous and maybe a little bit insane
February 22, 2010
What is it that makes these Olympic athletes different than me?”
Steal your way into her heart with plagiarized poetry
February 08, 2010
With Feb. 14 fast approaching, today I provide support for readers who fall into the category known as, “special-occasion challenged” or, alternatively, “men.”
Lessons learned while running the parenting guantlet
February 08, 2010
It is my belief that most of us head into making major life decisions without a clue of the hazards that lie ahead.
Big Moments change your life forever
February 01, 2010
A very wise piece of advice goes: If you don’t want to annoy anyone, don’t talk about politics or religion. So, today, I’m going to avoid talking about politics.
Determined to take home the 'Hell Bent' hardware
January 25, 2010
For the past three days I've found myself in the grip of a second horrible, nasty flu since fall. I’m calling this one H2N2.
Finding the perfect balance of standards
January 18, 2010
Today, tips on how to create the perfect romantic partnership. Or, Personal Relationships and Standards of Behaviour: Is it possible to have both?
Exercise a little common sense, not your credit card
January 11, 2010
This time of year it seems as if someone is throwing diet and exercise information at us every time we turn around (which, by the way, burns .00324 calories).
How to brighten up those bleak winter days
January 04, 2010
an. 4. The holidays are over and today we go back to work or school or to wishing we had work or school. February (proof that god hates us) is just 27 cold, bleak days away. And, in the past few weeks, many of us have answered the question, “Is it possible to eat too many Christmas cookies?”
'Sucks to Be Working Week' becomes 'Slack Week'
December 28, 2009
Last year, I wrote a column declaring the week between Christmas and the new year “Sucks to Be Working Week.” It seemed to me that, for those of us who still have to work while everyone else gets time off, this week ... well ... sucks.
A handy checklist for Assembly Afternoon
December 21, 2009
Today, our final instalment on Prepping for the Holidays: Sanity: Is it overrated?
The art of small talk: A lot goes on, but nothing happens
December 14, 2009
Today in our series on prepping for the holidays: The Art of Small Talk.
Bank on a happy holiday when you plan ahead
December 07, 2009
Today in our series on Prepping for the Holidays: Planning Ahead
Solving holiday gift dilemmas
November 30, 2009
Today, Part Two of “Prepping for the Holidays:” Answers to all your gift-giving questions.
Don't let 'holiday head' lead to WTHWITs
November 23, 2009
Today, we begin a series on “Prepping for the holidays.”
Savouring me time amid the Crunch Time
November 16, 2009
Buddhist wisdom says, “All human beings want the same thing, we are just going about it in different ways.”
Readers write in defense of November
November 09, 2009
Last week, I invited readers to write in with thoughts on the all-important question, “November: What is it good for?” Here are the results.
Reasons to love November
November 02, 2009
Acouple years ago my partner Liz and I had a really big fight. And, like most really big fights, it was about a really small thing.
Carving the Halloween mangelwurzel
October 26, 2009
Recently, this column offered a Hinesight History of Thanksgiving. Due to the unprecedented success of this article (no one wrote in to complain), I give you The Hinesight History of Halloween.
There is an art to being a flu diva
October 19, 2009
Recently, a local newspaper headline read, “Will H1N1 shots come in time?” The answer? “Not for this girl, they won’t.”
Putting thanks into Thanksgiving
October 05, 2009
Thankfulness has more to do with who you are than where you are. For instance, today is Monday. For all of us. It’s October, meaning that in most parts of this country the weather can be loosely described as “complete crapolla.”
Giving thanks for holiday history
September 28, 2009
The season of holidays is upon us. Rosh Hashanah has barely passed and Yom Kippur began last night which means Succoth is just around the corner.
Still standing after another year
September 21, 2009
Yes, readers, it’s time once again for our annual “My life in review.” Some people choose New Year’s Day to stop to take stock, but if you ask me, there are two times you should never think about how life is going: a) when you’re nursing a hangover; and b) when it’s mid-winter in Canada. Which, frankly, feel pretty much the same.
The only thing worse than change is ...
September 14, 2009
Today I find myself contemplating one of the great truths of existence. The only real constant in life is this: everything changes.
Earning brownie points
August 31, 2009
Today I came face to face with the truth about my own maturity level. In some 30 years of being an adult, the only thing I’ve grown out of is my jeans.
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