Photographic gratitude

Remember the big poster I made out of 200 of my favourite Instagram photos? I look at it every day and still love it to smithereens. I find something new in it all of the time. It's a permanent reminder of the ordinary beauty around us. I guess that's ultimately what my Instagram account is all … Continue reading →

Marvellous muffins (banana muffins, that is)!

I hate wasting food. Last I was looking at three very spotty bananas withering on the countertop, and I asked myself, what's a mamma to do? Answer: MAKE MUFFINS* * I do not consider myself a baker or a muffin maker. My muffin motivation was two-fold: (1) To use up the aforementioned bananas (2) … Continue reading →

Welcome to a new patron: Joan of Arc Academy! (Subtitled: Parenting philosophies and exploring options in education)

I've had cause to think a lot about Our Central Tenets of Parenting lately. I should have a list of Central Tenets written down somewhere, but since I don't, I will mention two for now: 1) We encourage our children to try new things. 2) We encourage our children to explore their … Continue reading →

Weekend reading: January 17 edition

See the world's greatest stolen artworks in this virtual reality museum. http://t.co/AYhscxZ6d0 — WIRED Design (@Wired_Design) January 16, 2015 Joint Pain, From the Gut, theatlantic.com 17 small (and totally doable) tweaks that will change your year, fastcompany.com Bully beef out, … Continue reading →

Further to yesterday’s post…

Another thing I learned, or relearned in this case, was how much I enjoy skiing. On Saturday we revisited trail #26 in the Stony Swamp vicinity of Ottawa. I realized that cross-country skiing is not unlike riding a bike. You never really forget. And as soon as my boot clicked into the ski I … Continue reading →

a peek inside the fishbowl

. . . where content is king, er, queen

Photographic gratitude

Marvellous muffins (banana muffins, that is)!

Welcome to a new patron: Joan of Arc Academy! (Subtitled: Parenting philosophies and exploring options in education)

Weekend reading: January 17 edition

Further to yesterday’s post…