This was the most perfect book to read during the first week of November with colder temperatures and shorter, darker days: Wait, wait. I know what you’re going to say. I am about five years late to the hygge party – actually, closer to six, given that we are almost done 2021 (WHAT). In my […]
Never Eat Shredded Wheat; Eighty-Three Weeks In
October 18, 2021 by 21 Comments
In my mind, one of the greatest technological advancements is the advent of the map function on my phone. I am a person who has very little sense of direction, and before this incredible feat of technological engineering, I would write down or print out directions to a place, and panic every time I thought […]
Dreams, Jeans, Go(u)rds, Thanksgiving; Eighty-Two Weeks In
October 11, 2021 by 12 Comments
Thanks and Giving Thank you to everyone who reached out with kind words last week. It does make things lighter to know that we aren’t alone. Today is Thanksgiving, for those of you not in Canada, and it is the first Thanksgiving in many years that we are not visiting my mother-in-law, which feels strange. […]
Summer’s Almost Gone; Seventy-Five Weeks In
August 23, 2021 by 16 Comments
I don’t think I can adequately describe the relief I felt when I received an email from the Calgary Board of Education, stating that not only would masks be mandatory for students K-12, but all other health protocols would remain in place. With the Delta variant of Covid cases skyrocketing, again, and the general mask […]
Who Moved My…Clothes; Seventy-Four Weeks In
August 16, 2021 by 12 Comments
Every evening I choose a yoga/ workout outfit, complete with hairband and scrunchie, and I set those things in the bathroom; that way, when I wake up early I just slip into my clothes and I’m ready for my yoga practice and workout, without having to disturb anyone. I have been doing this essentially every […]
Downward Spiral, Uphill Climb; Sixty Weeks In
May 10, 2021 by 27 Comments
There are a pair of woodpeckers in our neighbourhood, wreaking havoc and inflicting damage everywhere. One of my neighbours has a giant hole in his house stucco, at any time of the day you might hear the loud rat-tat-tat of a woodpecker on a chimney, and, this week, the pair decided to put our Manitoba […]
Magic; Fifty-Five Weeks In
April 5, 2021 by 15 Comments
I have discovered an enormous upside to the physical aging process, other than the “not dying” part of the aging process. Not dying is a pretty big upside, but this new discovery is also huge. First, some background. Every morning, because I am vain and also a bit masochistic, I examine my face in my […]
