Nicole’s Favourite Things: The I Got The Power Edition

Serious question, friends: where did May go? It feels like it went by in a flash, but I guess that's not any different from any month. One day you're noticing all the It's Gonna Be May memes and Star Wars movies on TV, the next you're scheduling … [Continue reading]

Ducks, Dialects, Daddy Cool

I learned something absolutely wild this week, and even though I immediately fact-checked it, I still was in shock and disbelief. I still AM in shock and disbelief. From an episode of Were You Raised By Wolves - my current and longtime favourite … [Continue reading]

Homegrown Salad Season Begins!

For absolutely no discernable reason, for five days last week I had Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls intermittently stuck in my head. How this happened, I have no idea. I hadn't heard it recently. I wasn't thinking about anything that could trigger such a … [Continue reading]

The 100 Day Project Begins

100 Days of Music My friend Kari (HI KARI) discussed the 100-Day Project in a recent post, which is exactly what it sounds like: a commitment to 100 days of something. That something could be any kind of creative or meaningful practice, and I knew … [Continue reading]

A Day In The Life: Saturday, What A Day, Grooving All Week With You

Everybody's doing it, so I will too! Day in the Life posts are abounding in my lovely blog community, and I realized that a) it's been a while for me, and b) I've never done a WEEKEND Day in the Life, and so here we are. Even though I have no job, no … [Continue reading]

Cinco Para Cinco de Mayo

Smile More The city is so beautiful right now; all the flowering trees are in bloom, and every day is a little bit more colourful. When Rex stops to sniff, so do I. We came across a little painted rock on the path the other day. We … [Continue reading]

Five For Friday: The Month of Cakes Edition

About eighteen months ago, I read a book about Jean Nidetch, the founder of Weight Watchers, and it remains to this day one of the most depressing literary experiences in my life. I was still processing the book weeks later, particularly the part … [Continue reading]