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How Do You Eat Your Corn? Curious Minds Want to Know!

A few weeks ago, John and I sat down to a lunch of farm-fresh corn. It was the sweetest, crispest corn I’ve ever tasted.

Somewhere between my (literal) sighs of delight, John looked at me…

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  • Food, Habits, Random
  • Sep, 29, 2025
  • 30 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 26 September

I cannot believe it’s almost the end of September. Of all the months so far this year, September may win for the zoomiest. (Is that a word? I suspect it is not, but I’m…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep, 26, 2025
  • 37 Comments

Phone Numbers…or, Yet Another Thing My Brain Has Outsourced to My Phone

When I was a kid, my parents had an old-fashioned rotary phone in their bedroom (I genuinely miss that thing!), and a looooong corded phone in the kitchen. It hung on the wall but…

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  • Habits, Organization, Personality Insights, Random
  • Sep, 25, 2025
  • 44 Comments

The Cool Bloggers Walking Club Kicks Off Next Week (October 1st)

The Cool Bloggers Walking Club starts ONE WEEK from today — and yes, you are invited!

You don’t have to be a blogger.

You don’t have to walk marathon distances.

You don’t even have to call…

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  • Blogging, Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise, Friendship, Life
  • Sep, 24, 2025
  • 49 Comments

Meet My Favourite Guy: A Q&A with John (Part Two)

As promised, here’s the second part of my “interview” with John. If you haven’t had the chance to read Part 1, start here! He’s already talked about parenting, marriage, and life miscellany. Part Two…

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  • Guest Post, Life, Marriage, Personality Insights, Travel
  • Sep, 23, 2025
  • 35 Comments

Good and Done, Not Perfect: In Honour of My 500th Post

Last Wednesday marked my 500th post here at The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist. And I thought it would be fun to share where it all began.

Before this site, I had another blog. It…

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  • Blogging, Creativity
  • Sep, 22, 2025
  • 45 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 19 September

Life has been busy and I was going to skip Happy Things Friday this week, but the thought made me sad. I really do love pulling this post together each week. Then, Ally from…

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  • Blogging, Frugality, Happy Things Friday, Travel
  • Sep, 19, 2025
  • 45 Comments
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