a peek inside the fishbowl

It started when I pulled out the watercolour paper. I didn’t plan it this way, but their (self-imposed!) “assignment” was to draw imaginary Chinese letters. The sheets became scrolls, with declarations only they could read:   Which then led to the raiding of the dress-up trunk, and this:   And THEN we got hungry: Chinese, […]

Emma has been begging me to hang up a large square of “chalkboard” oil cloth that our friend Marla sent to us awhile back. I have to admit, it’s pretty tempting to hang it on a wall somewhere, but I personally prefer to roll it out and then put it away again when we’re done. […]

Last week I had a lovely lovely interview with Andrea Gordon, a reporter at the Toronto Star. She was talking to folks about green parenting. I think she may have squeezed in two or three whole questions during our conversation, and I have the feeling that her ears fell off after she hung up the […]