a peek inside the fishbowl

… Christmas. We actually bought our tree at the end of November. For the record, this is the earliest tree purchase in our family’s history. We bought it at The Royal’s Christmas tree sale. (Proceeds go to patient care, yay!) It is truly a lovely tree. It’s up in the living room, but undecorated at […]

I have a new post up on the terra20 blog about the importance of shopping locally. You can read that right here… and while you’re there, take advantage of a big weekend sale on made-in-Canada merch! So my mother bought me a lovely pair of moccasins for Christmas last weekend. (Thanks mom!) They’re Canadian made, […]

I’ve been pondering this New York Times article since I first read it. I really like the idea of breakfast serving as an opportunity for a mini-mediation. Of course, you can do this in the car, or while walking the dog, or brushing your teeth, but somehow, doing it in the morning like this seems […]

In preparation for the long winter ahead I bought a winter weight duvet at Ikea. I am really excited to try it out tonight. I also bought a large plush gnome, just because it made me smile. – Today I want to write about yoga. Yoga and me, we have a checkered history. Many moons ago […]

Why is it considered lame if you go to bed early? If there have ever been young children in your life you probably already have a keen understanding of the importance of going to bed at a reasonable hour. Let’s be frank. When our kids didn’t get enough sleep, they were, ahem, rather hard to […]