Five Things For Friday

Decorative Gourd Season Everyone's talking about the first day of fall, oh, the excitement of the crispness in the air and the leaves turning and pumpkin spice everything taking over the world like alien overlords. I don't mean to be a curmudgeon … [Continue reading]

More magical journeys

Strange things are happening in the neighbourhood. There was a Home Depot cart in my back alley. It's not uncommon to see carts from Walmart and Co-Op, both of which are within walking distance, but the nearest Home Depot is at least five kilometers … [Continue reading]

Book Review: Do Your OM Thing

You guys, I'm participating in a book tour! I received an email a while ago gauging my interest in receiving a book for review - the book in question being Do Your OM Thing by Rebecca Pacheco. Usually the emails I receive are pitches to try out a new … [Continue reading]

A slight blip in my magical journey

"Things seem a lot busier with your yoga teacher training." My husband said this to me over the weekend and it feels like A Massive Understatement. Saturday morning I got up early to bake a cake, then showered, bought groceries, took the kids to … [Continue reading]

New (School) Year, New Me

I have that autumnal Back To School Energy right now, that feeling that it's A New Year, And A New You, and I'm brimming with goals and things to do and filling my days up with Productive Activities And Work-Related Things. Either it's a coping … [Continue reading]

Game of Thrones Syndrome

So here we are, the first day back at school. It's a BIG day; one of my kids is in junior high now, and the other is finishing his last year at our much-loved elementary school. Or maybe The kids are more like this: But for the … [Continue reading]

The lotus blooms in mud, or something.

The long weekend is here, and then the kids start back at school on Tuesday. I seem to have reached a grizzled, jaded stage of motherhood where the cheerful articles about back to school and lunch making and activities make me smile ruefully. I mean, … [Continue reading]