Attic Tales

Lovely readers, I apologize for the wide gaps between writing, I re-pinched a nerve and have had trouble for the past 2 weeks with my right arm and neck…which caused a lesbian emergency for Valentine’s Day with a Sunshine visit. Thank the Goddess for magic blue bills, ice packs and tiger balm. Continue Reading »

Malgré toutes les histoires négatives qu’on entend au sujet de Haïti, je vous en supplie, n’oubliez pas que pour chaque mauvaise personne et leurs actions horribles, il y a 10 bonnes personnes qui dépassent les normes du héroïsme. Vous aussi vous pouvez être des héros, svp, faites un don si vous ne l’aviez pas déjà fait.

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I want to take this opportunity to thank my lovely American readers who’ve been donating to the American Red Cross. Every dollar makes a difference to help the Haiti survivors. No matter how much we may be frustrated about how slow water, food, and medical support are getting out to the people, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t contribute.

Thank you for your help.

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I’m happy to announce that you my lovely readers have donated over $400.00 to the Canadian Red Cross to help Haiti. Most of you were going to do this regardless of my incentive to bribe you with your choice of blog topics, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness, empathy, and generosity.

Also, I apologize for the delay in writing your posts, but for the past few days the website has been down so that my pal Maryse can work on putting Attic Tales on a new server. Plus we’re also working on a whole new look. And by we I again mean Maryse.

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This blog is for Scott who donated $20.00 to the Canadian Red Cross. As most of you know, Haiti was hit by another earthquake this morning: 6.1 on the Richter scale. Now more than ever, Haitian survivors need our help. Remember, every amount, big or small, does make a difference.

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One of Sunshine’s best friends, Miss Kayla, donated along with her mom over $100.00 to the Canadian Red Cross for the Haiti cause. All Kayla asked was that I dedicate a post to her…and so it shall be done.

Since Kayla is one of the smartest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, I thought it would be appropriate to introduce you to the 60 Million Girls foundation.

Every year, the foundation raises funds to help support at least 2 education projects in developing countries with the greatest gender disparity in school enrollment. According to their website, basic quality education:

• Provides girls with access to health and nutrition information for themselves and their families - including helping to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS.
• Gives them the knowledge to provide economic support to their family.
• Delays marriage and pregnancy, thereby lowering infant and maternal mortality.
• Is more likely to inspire a woman to send her children - both boys and girls - to school, thereby increasing the likelihood of future generations receiving an education.

I’m a firm believer that if we are to change the world for the better; we need to educate more women on a global level…and yes, let’s not forget about the boys either. But by empowering girls with an education, they are more likely to stand up for themselves, their rights, and their emotional and physical well being. Not to mention that they will give back by helping to improve the quality of life for their families, their communities, and with time…their countries.

Thanks to the hard work of the 60 Million Girls foundation, slowly but surely, the members and volunteers are making the world a better place to live in…one girl at a time.

My very good friend Arthur Spray donated $20.00 dollars to the Canadian Red Cross for the Haiti cause. As promised, I said I would blog about any topic of his choice; he picked the subject of Arthur Spray. Funny Arthur.

Long story short, I met Arthur through his friend S, a girl I was dating when I was 24.  When she cheated on me, not with just with one guy but two, Arthur was there to offer comfort and make me laugh. I was touched by his concern. He could have just stayed loyal to S and forgotten all about me. He didn’t.

He and I don’t get to see one another very often; I’m here in Montreal, and he’s all the way over in Vancouver. But despite the distance, we’ve managed to stay in touch. After all these years he continues to make me laugh.

Arthur is one of those nice guys that women have a tendency to ignore because they’re attracted to macho assholes. I have high hopes that one day straight women will fix that part of their brain that is broken.

He’s big and strong, and has a heart of gold. He’s funny and goofy, and very very gentle. He’s an actor with depth, a writer with something valid to say, a photographer who sees things the rest of us don’t, and a handyman who is actually handy.

I’m not too sure about his cooking though.

It’s been 12 years since I last saw S. She was the first woman I fell in love with and she broke my heart. However, out of that heartache I gained a friend. A friend so noble, and so incredibly kind, that it was worth every tear I shed over S.

Thank you for being you Arthur. I’m honoured to call you my friend.

It always breaks my heart when I see poverty stricken areas suffer even more due to natural disasters. Whether it was the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and now the 2010 Haiti earthquake; I’ve done my best to donate what I can to the Canadian Red Cross over the years. However, I thought tonight, besides donating cash, I could go one extra step…with your help.

Since I get on average about 500 visitors on this blog every month, I was thinking that if you haven’t already done so, I could ask each and every one of you to donate $10 to the Canadian Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders. Let me know you’ve donated by emailing me, and I’ll write a post and dedicate it to you.

If you donate between $20 and $50, I’ll let you pick the subject you want me to blog about and give you credit for the idea.

If you donate over $100, I’ll let you be a guest blogger on my website.

I know for a fact good people read this website so I know we can go by the honor system. I don’t require proof that you donated. I trust you.

So what say you lovely readers? Let’s see what we can do to help the Haitian people through this tragedy.

And remember, if you can’t donate $10, please donate what you can, every dollar helps.

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