by Sue Horner | May 28, 2013 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
You won’t reach the end of your life wishing you had danced less. That’s what my friend Debby decided. She’s been taking ballroom dance lessons for more than a year, and loves it. Like the contestants on Dancing With The Stars (my guilty pleasure,...
by Sue Horner | Oct 31, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
One of my neighbours used to create increasingly elaborate scenes on his front lawn at Halloween: The figure of Dracula rested in a coffin; actually the neighbour’s son, he came to life and rose as children shrieked and ran past. The blade of a guillotine,...
by Sue Horner | Jan 12, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Warm weather dreaming as winter sets in reminded me that last year, I spent five days in Cuba on a quick all-inclusive vacation during Son #2’s week off university. Juggling paying work and my own school work, I didn’t have a lot of spare time but figured...
by Sue Horner | Oct 27, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Several different sources have pointed me to comedian Rick Mercer’s powerful rant this week about bullying, which was inspired by the recent suicide of 15-year-old Jamie Hubley. As a mother, I can only begin to imagine the heartbreak Jamie’s family is...
by Sue Horner | Oct 6, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
In an early job, I worked in a sea of PCs, but got special dispensation to get a Mac because I worked in the Communications department. The IT guy seemed as excited about it as I was. A Mac IIsi (shown here) helped me launch Get It Write in 1991. Today, I use a...
by Sue Horner | Sep 11, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
9/11. It’s become shorthand instantly understood around the world for a day filled with tragedy. Can it really be 10 years since we watched, horrified, as one plane and then a second crashed into the World Trade Center? I was at work in my home office when my...
by Sue Horner | Feb 14, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
In honour of Valentine’s Day, here’s to heartfelt writing: The Toronto Star recently shared some pointers on writing a love letter. Writer Niesha Lofing points to a U.S. survey, in which two-thirds of women respondents aged 18 to 70 said what they most...
by Sue Horner | Dec 19, 2010 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
We interrupt the week’s frantic shopping, work and studies to bring you this important public message: Do not wait to live your life until you find the perfect man or woman. If the Sexiest Man Alive (so named by People magazine), Ryan Reynolds, and the Sexiest...
by Sue Horner | Oct 12, 2010 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
I have borrowed shamelessly from the ever-thoughtful Patti Digh (“What would I be doing today if I only had 37 days to live?”) for the title of this post. It references her own (sorry, no longer online) about National Coming Out Day, first celebrated in...
by Sue Horner | Aug 26, 2010 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
After spending three weeks in academia, with no time to read newspapers or watch the news, let alone be active on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and such, it’s been interesting getting (slowly) back into the swing of things. Today, in between researching topics on...
