HeyJaredLesa Light
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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LESA LIGHT: Remembering the kindness of strangers following Sept. 11 (opens the original)
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My most vivid memory of Sept. 11, 2001, is four days later when my cra-cra mother decided that she would go to Edmonton to visit my sister after all. She had a bought-and-paid-for ticket that she was not about to give up for any terrorist, thank you very much. Never mind that she had macular degeneration and couldn’t see very well. Also, she was a diabetic on insulin. Nothing like making life complicated. So I picked her up at 5 a.m. I am not a morning person, especially at that hour. “Mom, why
LESA LIGHT: The world needs more Dollys (opens the original)
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I don’t usually follow celebrities very much. I don’t care who Katy Perry is dating. I don’t know if it’s Ryan Reynolds or Ryan Gosling who is Canadian without looking it up. And I sure don’t give a toss why Harry and Meghan have moved back to the U.K. But since Dolly Parton died, I’ve read of all the wonderful things she’s done and how her philosophy was to help others and be kind to folks. Then I got sad. With her signature blonde wigs, makeup, bling, and large ‘assets,’ it was easy to dismiss
LESA LIGHT: Ghost cars and old classics (opens the original)
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I get a slight chill down my spine when I hear a hybrid car come up behind me. They make that signature whiny sound that gives me a start when I hear it. I suppose I’ll get used to it eventually. Right now, though, it sounds a bit eerie. My BFF has one of those cars. She really likes it and recommends it to folks who are looking. “Don’t you feel somewhat spooked?” I ask her. But she doesn’t know what I’m talking about as the sound is muffled inside the vehicle. Although she does acknowledge that
LESA ON LIFE: Time to use the good stuff (opens the original)
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When my mother moved to her new apartment in her final years on the planet, she used the good dishes instead of old mis-matched things. “Why not?” she said. “What am I saving them for?” So, she used her set of Val D’Or china, silver cutlery, and matching glasses. We also got rid of her old, clunky microwave and installed a smaller variety. Even her scale-incrusted tea kettle and crumb-filled toaster were replaced with new models. “This is my first time in my very own place all by myself,” she sa
LESA ON LIFE: Walking vacation blues (opens the original)
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Every year, my husband books a little vacation for us. Nothing very far or extensive, just somewhere around the Maritimes that we haven’t been before. One year, we took his old British Daimler car and stayed at the Train Station Inn in Tatamagouche. We climbed up a little ladder and sat in the upper windows of our caboose. It was lovely and we had a little walk along the old railway bed behind the inn. Another time, we stayed in a little cabin at the Salmon River Country Inn & The Mermaid Eatery
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