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Laughter: The Universal Language – #119

May 27, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

Listen up! Get all the children out of the room. This post is not for them! 😉 (Yes, it’s another British parrot joke – but different!)

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Friday Follies #184 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

May 24, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 2 Comments

Hi all! Time for another collection of appalling aberrations as seen in the grammar wasteland!

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #118

May 20, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 2 Comments

Sorry for the Irish stereotype in this post… sorry – er, oh wait, that’s a Canadian stereotype! 😄
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Friday Follies #183 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 2 Comments

Well that was fun! The Grammar Cop took last Friday off for a very good reason (you did read my account of May 9-12, didn’t you? 😃). Now it’s time once again to check out some bad blunders!

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Family Fun in Pictures

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 18 Comments

Well it’s taken me awhile to sort all these, but I think it was worth it! Welcome to my 2019 Mother’s Day family pix!

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #117

May 13, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 6 Comments

Okay, it’s silly, but hey – it’s funny! 😅

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Friday Follies #183 – deferred to next week, due to…

May 10, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 6 Comments

…an early visit for Mother’s Day from…

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #116

May 6, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

Women are from Venus, men are from… 😆

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Friday Follies #182 – Making Grammar Great Again, One Hyphen at a Time

May 3, 2019May 4, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 9 Comments

Welcome back, Friday Follies followers (say that ten times fast)! Here is another batch of ghastly glitches for your consideration. 😃

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6 Million Did Not Die…

May 1, 2019 ~ Ellie ~ 4 Comments

I wrote this two months ago. However, in order to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day (known in Hebrew as Yom HaShoah) which begins this evening and lasts until tomorrow night, I am reposting it. I think there can never be ‘too much’ remembering. Especially these days.

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It was more like billions.

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What’s Wrong With Me?! – My little medical saga has a nice dramatic arc to it: puzzling beginning, painful middle, and an ending that was a relief in more ways than one.

Surviving Hollywood North
Surviving Hollywood North – An irreverent memoir revealing how Ellie Presner wrangled insecure screenwriters, harried producers and directors, and eccentric actors in Montreal’s flourishing film business during the 1990s.

First Kiss and Other True Fiction
First Kiss and Other True Fiction – Evocative short pieces ranging from a little girl’s terror, to an older child’s disillusionment, to the glory (and confusion) of a budding adolescent’s first kiss… not without a dollop of humour.

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How to be an Almost Perfect Parent – Friendly illustrated advice from a former family support worker. Professionals – and parents – love it!

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