a peek inside the fishbowl

Cherries are my Happy Fruit, my favourite fruit. Bring me a bowl and I’ll be your friend forever. There were two cherry trees in the backyard where I grew up in a suburb outside of Toronto. I loved them in the springtime, full of blossom and promise. When the cherries were ripe I’d climb up […]

Lakes are good for the soul. What is it that makes them so peaceful and serene? A place where you can just sit and dwell, unhindered by both the rush and the tedium of everyday life? I feel like I can stare out into that watery space for hours on end, the wind in my face […]

I wouldn’t call myself a birder per se. If I was a birder that would mean that I travel with long checklists and binoculars and own a dust-coloured vest with lots of little pockets and can tell the difference between a common redpoll and a hoary redpoll (but I can’t). But I do like birds, […]