a peek inside the fishbowl

We have a winner! Thank you everyone for your entries, and thanks as well to Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s for hosting this sweet spring giveaway! Surely I’m not the only person in Ottawa who can’t wait for spring to finally get here. I want sun! And green grass! And warm breezes! I do sense some impatience […]

This has been the view from here of late: Just when I thought I’d be able to get through the winter without catching a cold, I catch a cold. I am feeling pretty miserable about it. A hacking cough and forced rest is hard for me to bear, and I’m sad to report that daytime […]

I spotted this sign at the Golden Ave. Bridgehead in Westboro last week, and it got me thinking: I was prepared to fill it out. I knew what I wanted to say but I was reluctant to commit it to paper in front of a coffee shop full of people. In the end I walked […]

It’s March 30 and we woke up to another dumping of the white stuff. Sigh. At least someone was happy about it: Share the post “For the record” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestStumbleUponE-mail

Last night we watched a great documentary film here at Casa Fishbowl called Chasing Ice. Have you seen it? It’s a gorgeous, fascinating, and devastating look at climate change. It’s terrible and beautiful, and it’s on Netflix. You should watch it with your kids. Here’s a peek. – I have had an interesting day so […]