Playing The Fiddle

What a crazy weekend it has been. The wind really picked up on Friday and the wildfire spread very quickly. We are safe, and hopefully will continue that way, but it's quite terrifying to be in the midst of a state of emergency, with friends being … [Continue reading]

Five For Friday: The Faces, Friends, Fire, and Family Edition

Nobody Panic. It was so fun to read everyone's responses to the dishwashing, face washing, cookbook post. The very next day, the Nobody Panic podcast released an episode called How To Wash Your Face, which made me wonder - do they read this blog? No. … [Continue reading]

Same But Different

Very often, I think about all of us in the world, how we are all going about our lives in ways that are both the same and vastly different. Isn't it incredible, in this big small world, that we are all bustling along, working away, caring for … [Continue reading]

Acclimatizing

Are You Feeling Hot! Hot! Hot! Since I got here, it has been one beautiful day after another; summer here is absolutely gorgeous. If I had even one day like this in Calgary - warm and sunny, windless and without storms - I would be frantically … [Continue reading]

Books, Books, Books: Moving Reading 2023

I have to tell you that I had a tiny bit of a breakdown this week. Well, maybe more than tiny, and it was book-related. The first thing that happened is that I discovered it will be a couple of months before I can get a library card here, as I do not … [Continue reading]

Gnome Sweet Gnome

In the last six weeks or so, I have listened to approximately one million podcasts, as I have been packing and cleaning and unpacking and DRIVING. It's gotten to the point where I am wondering if I am in an unhealthy parasocial relationship with the … [Continue reading]

Five For Friday: The “We Moved!” Edition

We did it! We moved! The house is almost entirely unpacked and organized and, relatedly, I am so physically tired. This may be as physically tired as I have ever been in my entire life. It would be an exaggeration to say that I have been on my feet … [Continue reading]