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Laurie May

Laurie teaches Grade 4 at Island Lake Public School in Orangeville and writes in her spare time. She lives in Mono and looks for the humour in everyday country life. Check out her blog “Two Blue Boots”.

From “In the Hills” to “On the Hills”

These Two Blue Boots are moving on to find new adventures.

Dec 8, 2016

Necessary Notes

What is your preferred note taking device? Digital or paper?

Mar 3, 2016

I Can’t See

There is a world wide conspiracy to print important instructions, directions and descriptions in smaller and smaller fonts!

Dec 9, 2015

I WAS A BAD MOTHER

Seven tricks you too can try at home!

Oct 27, 2015

House For Sale / The Power Of Positive Thinking

Modern-day urban myth dictates that if you bury a plastic statue of Saint Joseph upside down in your yard, your home will sell very quickly.

Sep 29, 2015

Humans of Orangeville

“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter”
– Alfred Eisenstaedt

Aug 5, 2015

I Fell off my Horse

“Writing about a writer’s block is better than not writing at all”
— Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems

Jun 25, 2015

Shirley May

Your life is the story you are leaving behind for others to read. Make every word count.
Pierrette Raymond

Feb 7, 2015

Country Gal Goes to the City

“When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is secrecy, there is luxury, there is fantasy, there is comfort, and there is reassurance.”
Diane von Furstenberg

Dec 1, 2014

Spa Brain

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it”—Sidney Harris

Oct 17, 2014

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Please help me decide the topic for my next blog post.

Sep 10, 2014

Thank You Readers

“It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.”
Author Unknown

Jun 29, 2014

Ignorance is Bliss

“Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.” Cheri Erdman

May 6, 2014

Providence for the Playwright

“Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.” Ovid

Apr 9, 2014

Gaining Weight and Losing Pants

I keep trying to lose weight but it keeps finding me.
Author Unknown

Feb 5, 2014

Resolution Roadblock

I used to think city driving was difficult. It didn’t take me long to discover that rural driving has its own unique set of challenges. Let me elaborate…

Jan 6, 2014

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

Christmas is not really about the tree. It’s about the people that surround the tree – and “home” is wherever you feel loved.

Dec 19, 2013

No Time for Banana Bread

Little did we know we would slowly discover that “country folk” are the hardest working people on the face of the Earth.

Nov 6, 2013