At this time of year when my kids were small, we would read many holiday-themed books, and the favourite of all of ours was The Littlest Christmas Tree, about a tiny tree who despairs of ever becoming a Christmas tree because of his diminutive size. Eventually the tree is taken by the tree lot man, […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The “It Was Warm and Smelled of Yummy Things” Edition
December 18, 2025 by
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Fight The Gloom Edition
November 27, 2025 by
November is such a grey and gloomy month, isn’t it? As I write this, the sun rises at 7:29 am and sets at 4:02 pm, and those precious daylight hours are only going to get worse before they get better. However! November is also the month of Tiny Secret Festive Season, which morphs into Full […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Morocco Edition
October 30, 2025 by
October has felt like a very discombobulating month for me: the first two weeks were spent travelling, the next week was spent preparing for and celebrating my husband’s birthday, and this past week was all about getting back into the swing of things. It feels like a lifetime ago that I was enjoying myself in […]
Five For Friday: The Travel Essentials Edition
October 24, 2025 by
The Right Stuff. As is my wont, I travelled through Morocco – and Paris – for nearly three weeks with only a carryon. Once you go Carryon-Only, you can never go back. There’s no feeling like simply getting off the plane and GOING, and of zipping through the streets of your destination with only a […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Fall Follies Edition
September 25, 2025 by
I was at the dog park last week, walking in my usual loop, when I passed by a man I see quite frequently. He’s probably in his 70s, and he has two dogs, one of them a very young puppy. This is against the rules – dogs less than four months are not permitted in […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Memories of My Yoga Students Edition
August 28, 2025 by
For the past few weeks, I have been doing a careful line read of my upcoming novel Inhale Exhale for final submission. It’s a book about a middle-aged yoga teacher who is looking for love, and while reviewing it, this middle-aged former yoga teacher has been reflecting a lot on the hundreds of students I […]
Enjoying What I Have
August 18, 2025 by
I am constantly striving to be really mindful in terms of consumption and shopping, to be thoughtful in my purchases and to buy only what I actually need. Lately, though, I have been sliding into Mindless Clothes Shopping Territory, and I feel that it should be curbed. It started innocently enough. Out of necessity, I […]
