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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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 20206 min read


In these shoes?
I know exactly when my shoe obsession began. I was in grade 2. It was the 70s. Back then everybody wore "gators" or "galoshes" in the...

Helen Escott
Sep 28, 20202 min read


If I just had five more minutes
Sometimes I wonder if I got dropped over and over again as a child. I just continue to do the most stupid things. Over Christmas I left...

Helen Escott
Sep 28, 20204 min read
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