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  • Another techno-leap from that preliminary donnadouglas.com

    ByDonna Douglas July 21, 2010March 14, 2022

    It’s been almost 11 years since I ventured into cyber space and registered donnadouglas.com as a web address. Getting that domain name was like stepping into the unknown. While I was buying an address, there were no bricks and mortar, and that’s what made it such an adventure. I wrote a column or two about…

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  • Who wrote that email? Who sent that text?

    ByDonna Douglas July 21, 2010March 14, 2022

    “Wondering how you felt about my idea? Call me!” Terri.c That’s it! I look at the email address for a clue … crazy8 @ hotmail.com Who is this person? What was their idea? How do I know them? Is this for my charity work, my business consulting, a newspaper column idea, a blog response? No…

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  • Girl Guide land, money, buildings now become moral struggle

    ByDonna Douglas July 14, 2010March 14, 2022

    For a quarter-century, hard core Barrie area Girl Guide enthusiasts and their families and their community have raised money to build a Girl Guide camp. What was the flicker of an idea in 1986 was struck by a match when Sylvia Dufresne was marshalled to lead the charge. Today that Guide Camp, fully paid for…

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  • Who’s packing your parachute?

    ByDonna Douglas July 13, 2010March 14, 2022

    When you get a great idea for your business, who’s the first person you call? Who’s the person you share your triumphs and troubles with? Who would you consider to be your greatest cheerleader when it comes to your business idea and you? If you google Charles Plumb and read about his Viet Nam and…

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  • Susan Bracken’s life challenge brought out her very best

    ByDonna Douglas July 7, 2010March 14, 2022

    Retirement in Barrie brought challenges Susan Bracken could never have anticipated. When Susan’s husband (a lifelong non-smoker) was diagnosed with lung cancer, the couple was shattered. She committed herself to his end-of-life journey and recounts two years of horrific suffering, pain, and helplessness. An end of life that nobody should experience. Her husband was 69…

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  • Innocent enough, but the baby birds are dead!

    ByDonna Douglas July 2, 2010March 14, 2022

    It all started with the crowd we had for dinner on Father’s Day. And it culminated last night with the death of two babaies. In between is a series of simple activities, when cause and effect are unknown to each other. But, back to the beginning… For large family dinners, we have an extra table…

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  • When a community pulls together…

    ByDonna Douglas June 30, 2010March 14, 2022

    Never mind that Pat Gilbert has dogged this Gilda’s Club idea for a decade. Like a puppy with a bone, she hasn’t let her attention waver from the end goal, and along the way, she passed her enthusiasm to literally hundreds of people who have jumped on board. In June, Gilda’s Club opened its red…

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  • Threads and stitches bring stories into art

    ByDonna Douglas June 25, 2010March 14, 2022

    When Patricia Knight picked up an old hospital dividing curtain from a bin at Goodwill, she thought it was a pretty good deal for backing cloth for another project. At $10 per curtain, measuring 14 by 7 feet, it seemed like quite a find. Because Patricia was a struggling art student at the time, four…

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  • Legacy! Given in tears. Established in love.

    ByDonna Douglas June 18, 2010March 14, 2022

    It was my wise accountant who counselled me during a rough patch a couple of years ago… don’t look ahead just now, he said, look back; look back at your legacy. Legacy. Legacy. It’s a huge responsibility, and one that induces humility in short order. Legacy. The wonderful Vanessa, the anchor at Barrie’s downtown Grand…

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  • Holy Smoke! The gizmos are incredible!

    ByDonna Douglas June 9, 2010March 14, 2022

    I remember my mother’s amazement when Kid One was born. She looked at her baby grandson and she marvelled over the new wee undershirts that swept under the back, under the rubber pants and domed at the front… a series of domes for growth. “Boy, I wish we’d had those,” she said. All we had…

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