Fun with screens
While normally we find it exhausting to look at screens, yesterday they were the underpinnings of a pretty good day. Somehow yesterday I became aware that Bar Volo, and its […]
Category Archives: Daily life
Comparing my discretionary spending pre- and post-COVID
[Cross-posted from LinkedIn, with some revisions] Prompted by my colleague Kat’s post “How COVID-19 changed my spending habits“, I decided to piggyback on her idea. Here’s what I found. [But first, the […]
The switch to repose
Now, a week after I posted about starting vacation, it feels like we’re probably able to relax. On Sunday of this week we drove out to Oshawa to pick up […]
Let the final phase of this bullshit year begin
I’m on vacation now, more or less. While I might work a bit more between now and 2021, I’m pretty much shut down. We obviously couldn’t go home to NS […]
In the house
Hey, we’re in the new house! Moved in Friday, and have fumbled our way through a sea of boxes since then. Kramer is here too, after a few days alone […]
The Lower Don
Three years after it re-opened (and us living practically next door to it) we finally walked part of the Lower Don River trail today. We Uber’d to the Brickworks, mistakenly […]
The ‘ton
It’s been nearly five months since I got the Peloton. I mentioned a week after getting it that I was worried I’d get bored of it, but I haven’t yet. […]
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 […]
Ausgang
This week saw more excursions, including our first visit to a patio — Chez Nous, to be specific. It was nice to finally sit outside, sip some cool wine, and…talk […]
Baby steps
Slowly, I am re-entering the world outside the loft. Last Saturday we walked into the east to meet a friend and drink Rorschach beers in a (very brown) Woodbine Park. […]
