As I was putting together my Favourite Things this month, I realized that all of them started, or sort of started, with the letter C. So many C words! But not this C word: My friend Hannah (HI HANNAH) sent that to me a few years ago and I think about it constantly. Every time […]
Archives for 2026
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Brought To You By The Letter C Edition
January 21, 2026 by 59 Comments
The Highlight Reel
January 19, 2026 by 60 Comments
I ended 2025 as a War History Buff, having listened to every episode on the World Wars and the leadup to those wars and interesting one-offs like the Christmas truce of 1914 on the podcast The Rest is History. I learned so much! And now, here we are, fully into January 2026, and I have […]
Makeup As Self Care
January 12, 2026 by 76 Comments
I was chatting with my dear friends Hannah and Allison last week (HI HANNAH HI ALLISON) about the skin care regimes of our youth. How, I ask you, do we even have skin after the 80s? I don’t know what you were doing in 1988, but in addition to pinning my future on being a […]
My Hours of Rest and Relaxation
January 5, 2026 by
I have long believed that to be healthy we need to balance the yin and yang in our lives, and if we do not get enough yin – rest, recovery, rejuvenation – then our bodies force us to, in the form of illness or injury. And indeed, any time I look back on my life […]
Holiday Roundup and Reading 2025
January 2, 2026 by
Happy New Year, friends! The tree is down and the various decorations are back in their bins for another year, the house is clean, and I’m slowly and gently nudging myself back into my regular routine. I have had, as mentioned, a restful few weeks filled with restorative yoga, long dog walks, reading, and putting […]
