by Taslim Jaffer | May 22, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
Happy Tuesday, dear Readers! We have a lot of new readers stopping by lately and I want to give you all a big welcome! VancouverMom.ca is holding its annual Top Mom Blogger contest and I’m thrilled and still a bit shocked to find myself among the top 30! ...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 18, 2012 | Inspirational Women
Good morning, everyone! Thank you for joining me today as I host White Rock artist, Violette Clark, and share her beautiful art with you. Before I jump right in to the first question, I’d like to tell you how we met. In the summer of 2009, I was flipping...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 15, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
Do you ever get in a bad mood? Ever feel low? Down? Frustrated? Annoyed? Upset? Angry? Yeah, me too, sometimes. I have come across some neat tricks to help me turn those moods around. Note: This does not mean ignore the issue at hand. It simply means I pick...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 11, 2012 | Art
Well, it’s been an interesting week around here. Technology playing tricks on me, appliances randomly busting and children wanting their mommy (a little more than usual). I took it all in stride, like watching it almost from a distance and it feels like I...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 8, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
To get in to graduate school for speech-language pathology, I had to take the Graduate Record Examination. As soon as I found out I passed, I made plans to rid myself of the bulky workbooks and the memories they held of torturous evening classes and daily practice. ...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 1, 2012 | Try-This Tuesday
Last week, we created a haiku with a blank page and the nudge to write about a season. This week, we will create a poem from a page already filled with words. The idea is to erase (or black out) words so that what’s left over creates a new poem. Grab your...
