The FGS English department assigns summer reading to our students, on the theory that reading a couple of books will keep their brains alive...Read More...
1. Zelig and I have gotten into the habit of going for a twenty or thirty minute walk each morning, and with the weather being as pleasant ...Read More...
1. The lake is a bolt of fine striated italian silk, ranging from nearly turquoise close the shore to a deep ocean blue near the horizon. 2...Read More...
1. Beset by the phyical symptoms of exposure to mold, and finding ourselves a bit adrift in a city we don't really love, we are suddenly...Read More...
1. Is it wrong to say that one of my favourite things today was to sleep in an extra hour on an extra grey morning? It really was. 2. Walk...Read More...
1. After four long months of waiting, our bathroom and kitchen floors are finally in. It feels a bit like Christmas as I find myself altern...Read More...
1. Inside for the majority of the last couple of days, it is lovely to round the bend of the driveway to see the lake folding over on itself...Read More...
1. It seems I've picked up a bug (or gotten a mad case of food poisoning) and have been sick as a dog all day. Tyler has been a true sai...Read More...
1. Spending our first Christmas Morning together as a family, we sleep in a wee bit and then enjoy a big breakfast of French Toast and bacon...Read More...
1. Having forgotten to buy raffia or ribbon for Christmas presents, but at the last moment coming up with the rather brilliant (if I do say ...Read More...
1. Heading out to Baldini (a relatively new Italian restaurant that has opened up on Queen Street) for Christmas dinner at Sam's invitat...Read More...
1. Having sold the car I feel a bit lighter - like I am travelling and have the opportunity to avail myself of the wonders of public transit...Read More...
1. The bracing wind off the mid-day lake is invigorating as I briskly put in my 40 minute walk to Sam's shop. 2. I decide to stop into t...Read More...
1. Today a rather tall, dark and handsome character came into the shop and poked around for a bit, keeping a rather close eye on me all the ...Read More...
1. I find myself thinking that somehow it seems as though a fog has lifted and am surprised to hear Tyler make use exactly these words to de...Read More...
1. It seems like such a little thing, but today I am grateful to finally have a toilet that flushes. After the ceramic tiles in the bathroom...Read More...
