Wind Power
This winter's weather has been both bizarre and extreme. Often rocketing from a high of plus 7 degrees to a low of negative 20 all in...
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Norma Walton
Feb 24, 20191 min read
Shovel the anger away
Physical exertion helps me deal with anger. I have a girlfriend who used to box. She hit the bag...hard...rather than hit her family...
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Norma Walton
Feb 18, 20191 min read
Sleep Interrupted
I generally sleep like a baby...fetal position, mouth open, smiling, peaceful...and I generally wake up well rested. The exception to...
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Norma Walton
Feb 10, 20191 min read
Marie Kondo
Stuff, stuff, stuff...everywhere there is stuff... With four children and a tendency to keep rather than cull, I look around the house...
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Norma Walton
Jan 29, 20191 min read
Your next four wheel drive vehicle
January weather brings out: Drivers who cannot drive White pristine snow Black ice Falls that skin your knee Shiny snow blower toys...
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Norma Walton
Jan 22, 20191 min read
Moonlight Skating
Is there anything more quintessentially Canadian than heading out to your tiny backyard skating rink in negative 18 degree weather to...
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Norma Walton
Jan 5, 20191 min read
Making a Mess in the Kitchen...Intentionally
My two girls are great bakers... They love to make pancakes with me...or cake from a mix. The measuring, the mixing, the pouring...and...
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Norma Walton
Jan 4, 20191 min read
French Struggles
French does not come easily to my children. I blame my dad for this. He was so bad at french when he was a boy that his mom arranged for...
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Norma Walton
Jan 4, 20191 min read
The Fitness Facts of Life
Choose an activity you enjoy and exercise becomes easy. Seems like sage advice. But what if my chosen activity is sitting on the...
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Norma Walton
Jan 4, 20191 min read
Bad Music...Loud
My eldest son has terrible taste in music. I appreciate different types of music: rock, country, ballads, pop. The Eagles and Kid Rock...
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Norma Walton
Jan 4, 20191 min read
Chameleon, chameleon, chameleon
My youngest son wants a chameleon. He is a very persistent child. I have been hearing about how great chameleons are for the past three...
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Norma Walton
Jan 4, 20191 min read
Weekend Bliss
The last weekend of Christmas vacation... My four along with their cousin did some great sledding over the break. Freezing rain made one...
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Norma Walton
Jan 4, 20191 min read
Modest Resolutions
With age - or some would say wisdom - comes moderation of youthful expectations. After heading to bed with my kids at 10:30 pm on New...
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Norma Walton
Jan 1, 20191 min read
Norma Jean Walton, Rejuvenated
Hello all, My normajeanwalton.com site was becoming very slow and it needed a face lift. I have archived my 2018 and prior stuff to...
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