Music. It speaks to us. It’s like when you fall in love for the first time and you listen to “What a Wonderful World” and you identify with every single lyric – I DO see trees of green AND red roses! – and then maybe you break up with that love and you hear “Against […]
Romance and changes and old people, oh my!
February 6, 2010 by
I have a piece – about romance, ooh la la – up over at Yummy Mummy. See you there, I hope!
Stroller-free
February 5, 2010 by
We sold our stroller this week and although we haven’t used it for many months – I can’t even recall when, exactly, we used it last – it feels strange that it is gone. For the first time in six years, I am stroller-less. At one point I actually had four strollers of varying child […]
Groundhog Day is the stupidest day of the year.
February 2, 2010 by
I was about to launch my annual diatribe against Groundhog Day, and thought I would actually look up a bit of the history behind this dubious so-called holiday. It turns out that modern day North American Groundhog Day has roots in European weather lore, the pagan festival of Imbolc, and the medieval Catholic holiday of […]
Some Days
January 31, 2010 by
Some days it feels like my life boils down to a basket of unfolded laundry, and a trip to the grocery store, and correcting behaviour. It seems my life revolves around food preparation and then cleaning up. Some days it seems like someone always, always, always needs something from me. The dog needs a walk, […]
The Real Thing
January 28, 2010 by
One of the community dads actually got to run with the torch, and he was kind enough to bring it to the school for the kids to see. Much, much better than the rain stick and cowbell, don’t you think?
Share the Flame
January 27, 2010 by
Yesterday the boys’ school held an Olympics assembly, and I don’t know if this is indicative of upcoming “ladies’ holidays” but I was completely verklempt the whole time, what with the children’s unabashedly enthusiastic singing of their school spirit song, the ribbon wielding “Opening Ceremonies” dancers, and the mock torch relay, with the ’88 theme […]
