Weeding, Flowers, and Semi-Mindful Consumption

I discovered another, only slightly-distressing but still inconvenient victim of the Big Move this past week, with all the weeding I have been doing - hours and hours of weeding, people - and that is my trusty old nail brush. I had the cutest little … [Continue reading]

Five For Friday: The Three Province Tour Reading List Edition

I've been home for only five days and yet it seems as though my trip is already a dimly-remembered thing of the past. It's so strange how that happens. It doesn't take me long to get back into the rhythm of things, but it does take a lot of effort to … [Continue reading]

She’s Here! She’s There!

She's every-fucking-where! I was channeling my inner Roy Kent over the past three weeks, metaphorically speaking, of course. I did not somehow obtain massive celebrity due to my sudden ability to play football at a premier level. I was, however, on a … [Continue reading]

Miner Miner Forty Niner

Yesterday was my birthday, and I turned 49. My last birthday in my forties! I have really loved my forties, and I hope this last year before I can say that I'm nifty and fifty will be just as great. I love birthdays. This isn't news to anyone … [Continue reading]

Nicole’s Favourite Things: The “Isn’t Nature Wonderful” Edition

I have taught hundreds of yoga students over the years, and I don't like to play favourites - as my dear friend Tara (HI TARA), who teaches kindergarten once said, they're all my favourites. But if I am being completely honest, I will paraphrase … [Continue reading]

Theme Songs

Spring Has Sprung, The Grass Is Riz Picture it: it's 5:10 on a random weekday morning. My son and I are in the kitchen, silently but companionably together. I am drinking coffee and typing, and he is drinking his breakfast smoothie and staring off … [Continue reading]

Sassy, Sea Breeze, Stationary, Smoking

This week I read, and was completely absorbed by, a book that was set in 1998, and I think that is the reason I have been awash in nostalgia. I don't know what you were doing in 1998, but I was in grad school, taking step aerobics classes, and … [Continue reading]