Winter has never been my favourite time of year. A lot of people in my life are away. The nights are dark and long, and the landscape washed ...
On December 25, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzWe are all storytellers at heart. We are always recounting the events of our day, the people who touched us or irked us; we listen to our children’s ...
On October 26, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzDuring a conversation this week, my sister coined a phrase that really made me think. She said, “Have it on your resume of life.” I love that. It’s ...
On October 2, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI was standing in line to pay for my groceries and overheard the woman ahead of me ask the cashier to put some items in a separate bag ...
On September 18, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzThe other day I was flipping through the channels and came upon the movie To Sir with Love, and ended up curled up on the couch watching this ...
On September 5, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzIs the Trivago guy really the new object of affection for middle-aged women? What happened to the Marlboro Man? Has that rugged, sexy, smoking icon has been replaced ...
On August 21, 2014 / By Jacqueline Markowitz“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.” Robin Williams It’s early morning. I’m writing from my favourite ...
On August 14, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI have never really considered myself as beautiful. I knew I was pretty, had a kind of confidence that goes along with that, I like fashion, at least ...
On July 31, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzMid July. Another overcast, breezy day in Toronto perched on the verge of rain. I needed to get out of my house. Feeling restless. Maybe it’s the day. ...
On July 24, 2014 / By Jacqueline MarkowitzI was seventeen lying on the grass outside our basement window looking up at the sky and watching the clouds. Led Zeppelin was filtering through the screen from ...
On July 10, 2014 / By Jacqueline Markowitz"Don’t tell me you are passionate.
Show me what it is that makes you breathe.
That force which creates the life, the love,
and the joy you have to share.”
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