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A Thanksgiving surprise

Some of you are here because you saw the article on the Ottawa Citizen's website, or maybe you saw the giant photo of me and the youngest on the cover of the Saturday paper. (!!) So, welcome! Can I also say, this is weird. If you were in my house we'd be standing awkwardly in the front … Continue reading →

Bucket lists and lunches

Bucket lists. This is something I was thinking about at a recent lunch I attended at Coconut Lagoon that was hosted by Ford Canada. Ford invited a bunch of local bloggers for a meal (spoiler alert: it was amazing) and a chat with Robin Esrock, the author of The Great Global Bucket List (among other … Continue reading →

Is it Wednesday already?

On Monday we put the latest issue of the newspaper to bed and sent it off to the printer. It's always so gratifying when that happens! Tuesday was supposed to be my "day off" but you can probably guess what happened instead: LIFE. I would have liked to turn off my brain and refill my reserves but … Continue reading →

Well this was a bit of a surprise

Many moons ago I was interviewed for an article about blogging. This, in itself, is not that unusual. Sometimes I'm interviewed and I never hear about it again or see the resulting article. Other times, people start tweeting and emailing as soon as the publication hits their mailbox. This was one … Continue reading →