25 Apr, 2019
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Oh! Things!|Yaktivism
When I was 18 I visited family in the Czech Republic for the first time. It wasn’t long after the Berlin wall had come down. I never expected to be able to go there, back to the motherland, but I did. I stayed with my grandmother, my mother’s mother, who lived in Prague. I remember […]
“We are running out of time but there is still hope…”#ClimateChangeTheFacts with Sir David Attenborough. Tonight. 9pm. @BBCOne pic.twitter.com/OAmQ8Y13u6 — BBC (@BBC) 18 April 2019 The truth about expired food: how best-before dates create a waste mountain, theguardian.com The Data All Guilt-Ridden Parents Need, nytimes.com A Brief History of Cooties, smithsonianmag.com Why I Take All […]
17 Apr, 2019
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life|parenting
At the end of my previous post I linked to a very old blog post, an 18-year-old blog post, to be exact. It’s so old it’s not even part of the archives. I actually had to go and find it on my computer and upload it. I had to laugh at a sentence I had written […]
My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.
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