The general manager of the community association at which I teach yoga classes – currently zoom, but previously in-person – was telling me that she is very tired of people coming in to the community centre, seeing her with a mask, and calling her a sheep. Are…people still doing that? Apparently, yes. We are well […]
Archives for 2020
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The November Joys Edition
November 20, 2020 by 10 Comments
Usually at this time of year, my calendar is very full with so many social events; every weekend from now until Christmas would have at least one party, dinner, or cocktail event. I would usually be busy figuring out menus and buying ingredients and packaging up dozens of homemade goodie bags for my various yoga […]
19th Nervous Breakdown (in the grocery store); Thirty-Five Weeks In
November 16, 2020 by 10 Comments
The province announced what I am going to call a very mini-shutdown on Friday the 13th, and it called to mind the last Friday the 13th, eight months ago, when the very mini-shutdown led to the total big shutdown. It’s enough to make a person turn superstitious. I’ve been oscillating between despair that a mini-shutdown […]
The Return of Tiny Secret Festive Season; Thirty-Four Weeks In
November 9, 2020 by 12 Comments
Last Thursday, in a single adrenaline-fuelled afternoon, I finished my Christmas shopping. I do most of my shopping online, but there are always a few things that I want to physically look at, hence last Thursday’s trip to the mall. The mall, you guys. The mall. One thing I will say about the mall is […]
Halloween and Blue Moon Rising; Thirty-Three Weeks In
November 2, 2020 by 8 Comments
There was a war going on in our neighbourhood and my husband declared himself the winner. So how was your Halloween? We had about 25 Trick or Treaters, which was a great number for our street. Our neighbours told me that they each had about six, and so I think kids were only going to […]
Dressy Sweatpants and Mom Jeans; Thirty-Two Weeks In
October 26, 2020 by 6 Comments
I absolutely appreciate when companies know their customers; I love when businesses see an opportunity and seize it, particularly this year. It’s a Read The Room kind of thing; find out what the people want and give it to them. Which is why I find it endlessly entertaining, the advertisements that I have been getting […]
She Died The Way She Lived, Standing In Line At Costco; Thirty and Thirty-One Weeks In
October 19, 2020 by 5 Comments
I am not the type of person to talk about dreams or analyze dreams, but last night I dreamt I had a black cat, which I bathed, and subsequently the cat turned white. Then, as its fur dried, it went from white to grey, and back to black. The whole time, the cat was cuddling […]
