The leaves are starting to turn on my Mayday tree, and even a few are falling to the lawn. All of you in places with long, unbearably hot summers probably cheer this, but Calgary summers are short and, although this year has been a beautiful, beautiful exception, not hot. In any case I love summer […]
Archives for 2017
The One Year Shopping Challenge OMG Seriously
August 11, 2017 by 4 Comments
I am taking a deep breath as I write this, to say that yes, I am going to do the one-year shopping challenge. I know! I know. No new clothes for a whole year, starting retroactively August 1. Can I do it? I don’t know, but I’m going to try. I will say this: if you tell […]
Hello darkness, my old friend.
August 2, 2017 by 3 Comments
Can you even believe it is August already? We were on vacation last week and since I’ve been back I’ve noticed the huge change in daylight. Before I left the sky was light when I left the house at 5:00 am; now I have to turn on the outside light to go to the garage. […]
Becoming Charlotte Lucas, or Thoughts on Pride and Prejudice
July 22, 2017 by 5 Comments
A new shop has opened up in my neighbourhood; it is called The Fairy Hut. I’ll just let that sit with you for a moment. Now, I am a huge proponent of small businesses and new businesses and entrepreneurs, and I hope with all my heart that it is a success, but I can’t help […]
Menu for when it’s too hot to cook, and things I don’t understand.
July 13, 2017 by 2 Comments
I’m not trying to make any political statements here, honestly, but there is something I really do not understand. In the past week, I have seen three separate writings about the horrors of cargo shorts and I have to ask my dear readers: why? Why are cargo shorts such reviled things? I’m asking honestly here, […]
Nicole, the Cruise Director
July 6, 2017 by 2 Comments
Those of you who do not live in places with incredibly unpredictable and volatile climates will not be able to understand my complete and utter joy that it is SUMMER in Calgary. Actual, bonafide summer. Warm – even hot – sunshiny days and calm, beautiful evenings. This is a thing that rarely happens, and it […]
I hope you had the time of your life
June 28, 2017 by 3 Comments
We are so close – SO CLOSE – to the end of the school year. Less than two hours to go for the elementary school, and – exhaustingly – one more half day for the junior high. I have a massive craving for the indolence of summer vacation but alas, I am not on vacation and […]
