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Tweeting in the 80s
Thank God we didn’t have social media when we were teenagers! We are the last generation that can lie to our kids about our teenage...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


I won’t march under the banner “Slut” not even to stop sexual violence
Oh, I can hear some of you now, “You don’t support women!” Yes I do. I just refuse to call a woman, myself, my daughter, my mother or my...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20204 min read


Six and a baby
We went to Mexico in early March with our whole family. I was so excited to go but not just for the hot, sunny days and clear, blue...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


September Blues
I love September. I have always loved the beginning of the school year. New books, new clothes, new teachers and catching up with old...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20206 min read


Retirement a time to find out who you are
Today was the first day I enjoyed retirement. Which is weird because I retired two years ago. I brewed a pot of coffee, turned the TV on...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20208 min read


Remember that girl we bullied in 1998, Monica Lewinsky? Have you apologized to her yet?
1998 seems like a hundred years ago. I was in my early 30s and working in radio when the story of the Monica Lewinsky affair with Bill...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20204 min read


What’s “real” about the “Real Housewives” of anywhere?
A friend told me I had to watch the Real Housewives reality show. These type of shows have never interested me. I don’t watch TV for...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


My son, the politician
Over the years, my son has wanted to be everything from a garbage man to a fighter pilot. This week, he floored us when he announced he...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20205 min read


My sister's rabbit hole
My sisters neighbour was one of those guys who was noticeably quiet spoken at work but came home and wreaked havoc on the neighbourhood....

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20205 min read


My mother says the strangest things
My mother says the strangest things. Let me tell you about a few. I was watching the evening news one night with her and the top two...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20205 min read


Mom doesn't have a penis
We stopped at a gas station/ restaurant on the side of the highway while on our way to a short vacation. We were driving to Gander with...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


Me a hoarder?
I admit it. I am a clothes hoarder... and a shoe hoarder... a purse hoarder... and jeweler. That's all. That's all I hoard. I swear....

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20204 min read


Lost in translation
I am dialing my third 1-800 number. I bought a GE fridge from Sears in October and the darn door keeps breaking on it. Yesterday I opened...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20205 min read


Lost at the mall: The day your mother dies
When I was about seven years old I went to the shopping mall with my mother. We would always start at Woolco. She would take me to the...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


This city needs street smarts
What is wrong with people? Suddenly nobody knows how to drive. Especially when they get to Stravanger - Aberdeen Drives. Every time I...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


Who do you love more, Mommy or Daddy?
Ah come on! You all know it is Mommy. Google “Songs about parents.” For every song about fathers, there are ten about mothers. We rule!...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


It’s a hairy situation
If I ever end up in a home for the bewildered, I have a pact with my daughter to pluck my chin hairs. My greatest fear about growing old...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20204 min read


Is it wrong to plan a man's murder when he is sick, even if it is only in your head?
I have spent many a night rocking a sick child with fevers so high their little heads would leave scorch marks on my cheek. I can't tell...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20203 min read


Is chivalry dead?
A Twitter friend of mine suggested I write a blog on chivalry. Recently he held the door to let a lady walk through and she made a rude...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20205 min read


Is beauty in the eye of the scalpel holder?
I admit, when I turned 45 I went to see a cosmetic surgeon. Every night I was looking in the mirror wishing I could pull the skin under...

Helen Escott
Sep 29, 20206 min read
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