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Posts Tagged ‘parenting

1) As I walked home from the gym, swinging my umbrella, I realized something. Baton twirling has virtually disappeared. What happened? Why aren’t there more twirlers out there? Do you think it would be hard to teach myself how to do it? I always liked the thought of coaxing a steel tube to fly out […]

03 Jan, 2008

Silence v. Singing

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life

Last night I went to a friend’s house for an evening of crafting, wine and nosh. There were about ten women there, some of whom I knew and some I didn’t. There was a lot of knitting. I was sewing felt circles for my garland … which I’m aiming to complete for Christmas 2008. (I’ve since […]

01 Oct, 2007

Insane in the brain

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy

This photo sums up our weekend:   … which was great. Non-stop fun, in fact. Mark was in Montreal so I was doing the single-parent thing. I can’t even begin to itemize the stuff the girls and I did. Perhaps I’ll do a photographic round up later on, but now I’m waaaay behind and my head […]


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My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.

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