TIFF20
For the first time in nineteen years, I did not take part in TIFF this year. I considered doing a digital screening, but being there in person is one of […]
Paper wings
Not long ago a shuffle play served up an old Damien Jurado song called Paper Wings. It’s an excellent song. Listen for yourself: I first downloaded it twenty years ago, […]
We started in the Ēst
Last night, for our first dinner out since COVID hit Canada, we sat on a makeshift patio (read: the right lane of Queen Street) outside ēst restaurant. It was weird […]
Thanks Raptors
After a brutal 7-game series against Boston (who kind of had the Raps’ number all season, including in the bubble) the Raptors are out of the playoffs in the second […]
Another redhead comes west
I’m writing this from a substandard hotel room in Oshawa. (So, saying “substandard” might have been redundant.) We’re here helping my niece move in to her new school. After some […]
A small big thing
It felt — it always feels — weird to focus so intently on something so inherently micro and personal to us in a week when so much is/was/isn’t happening around […]
Schitt’s Creek
I kind of didn’t believe the Schitt’s Creek (imdb | rotten tomatoes) hype when I was hearing it. Despite the cast’s more senior pedigree it was a CBC show. I […]
Happy Third Kramerversary
Two years ago (more or less) we adopted Kramer, our cat. Here’s how I described him at the time: He was a feral outside cat for over a year, so […]
Unexpected sprots [sic]
The way the NHL season was going in February I’d pretty much given up any hope of seeing my Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. They were well out of a […]
Elora
More than fourteen years ago brother #1 visited from England, where he was living at the time. An impromptu decision to get out of the city for a bit led […]
