Claudette Sandecki

Distressed clothes stress out Mom

Columnist Claudette Sandecki on the benefits of no longer feeling responsible for how her adult children dress

When in doubt, call head office

Columnist Claudette Sandecki writes about the importance of complaining to a company

Getting old is a weighty issue

Balancing calories with exercise is tricky business as you age.

Photos help jog your memory

"A few weeks ago while writing a bit of family history, I asked my brother if he had a photo I remember taken in 1938."

Skip texting, try embroidery instead

We lived in a two-room basement apartment in the Bronx with a minimum of furniture...

Let’s hear it for dandelions

A shortage of honeybees means that prime food sources like dandelions should be appreciated and nurtured in Terrace, B.C.

If only health care had Henry Ford

More streamlining of health care system would be better, says columnist

Excuses just don’t count

Parenting styles today praise kids for everything, and yet they're not learning rudimentary math anymore or other things they should

No ifs, ands or butts about it

The push is on to collect, transport, process and safely dispose of cigarette butts, just like other materials. What would that look like?

Firefighters duty bound to respond

Newfoundland firefighters resignation sparks questions about whether property owners can prohibit firefighters from their job.

No thanks. I don’t want to meet Lidia

So long as you have an internet connection you will never be truly alone. You can filter calls and some emails, but not all.

Fake freckles? What’s next?

Women of all ages spend lavishly on new beauty enhancement from hair dyes to wigs to contact lenses to alter eye colour and plastic surgery.

This really gets her goat

There's lots to be said for having a goat in your household

No room for stereotyping in a fire hall

Thornhill, B.C.'s volunteer firefighters include six women, all equally as trained and qualified as the men

Product shifting found confusing

The first stop on my weekly shopping trips has been the Real Canadian Wholesale Club where I could quickly load a cart with weekly staples

Phone plans are stimulating new ideas to connect and track down information.

Time to make the call

Each month I pay for a Telus plan that allows me two hours of long distance calls anywhere in Canada...

Phone plans are stimulating new ideas to connect and track down information.

How do so many of us not carry a wallet?

To secure my wallet and keys when I shop, I sacrifice Gucci glamour for a fannypack.

Constantly cooing doves prove annoying

Doves who've taken up residence out in Thornhill make too much noise

Fight against moss, dandelions goes on

Claudette Sandecki gives an update on the situation in her yard

Her living room is her castle

In her memoir, Sister to Courage, Wanda Robson writes of their 1926 Halifax home having a “front room” with a parlour beyond