I’ve been home for twelve days now, and my trip to South Africa already feels like a dream. It was a dream! Every little thing was perfect. When we arrived at the Johannesburg airport, the gentleman who was escorting us to the tiny airport that housed all the little bush planes said to me hopefully […]
Five For Friday: The Packing List Edition
June 19, 2026 by 48 Comments
What I Packed. As always, my husband and I took carryon luggage only for our almost-three-week trip to London and South Africa. I also had a large shoulder bag in which I stashed my smaller crossbody bag, and he took a backpack. Everywhere we went, the luggage porter would look at us and say That’s […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Mine, His, Ours Edition
May 21, 2026 by 50 Comments
Our houseguests have gone home and it occurred to me, not for the first time, that our friendship is rare, in the world of Couple Friends: all four of us get along, as they say, like a house on fire. Not only that, but our kids all get along. Our older kids were born on […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Nifty and Fun Edition
April 23, 2026 by
Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes! In a misguided attempt at being celebratory, my body gifted me the most intense and prolonged perimenopausal symptoms I have ever had, for ten solid days. Coincidence? I don’t know, but this is a Favourite Things, and although I am Pro-Aging and aware that it is a […]
Five For Friday: The Hoppy Little Updates Edition
April 3, 2026 by
Horse With No Name. For the past thirty-five years or so, my younger brother and I have had a running April Fool’s joke, the punch line of which involves a dead horse. I cannot even begin to explain to you the nuances of said joke, but nary an April 1st passes by without one or […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Southeast Asia Adventure Edition
February 26, 2026 by
I’ve been home for two and a half weeks, and it already feels like my trip to Southeast Asia was some kind of dream that happened ages ago. This month has just flown by, what with travel and then recovering from travel, with catching up on all the one million things that I was behind […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Brought To You By The Letter C Edition
January 21, 2026 by
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 […]
