Xmas 2021
Well, we made it to Nova Scotia. We thought hard about not going, given Omicron, but decided NS was a better place to ride things out than Ontario. After a […]
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It was one of the moms from Bend It Like Beckham
It’s been a busy ten days. Last week I got to go to the Leafs home opener against the Canadiens. It was my first sporting event in a crowd since…I […]
Nova Scotia 2021
I’ve just spent the week in Nova Scotia, my first time home since December 2019, and my first time anywhere outside of Ontario since January 2020. It was a quiet, […]
An early preview, hopefully
Brother #2, his lovely wife, and (temporarily) a niece — the same niece we brought to school last year — were in town this weekend, transporting said niece to university. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Portapique
I’m still having trouble getting my head around what happened in my home province on Sunday. Death toll from Nova Scotia gunman’s rampage climbs to 19 That it happened at […]
Le frère
I was lucky enough to have two unexpected visits with brother #1 this week, due to some impromptu travel changes. The first visit was with the whole family, brunch at […]
Xmas 2019
We just got back from ten-ish days in Nova Scotia. We’d intended to skip Christmas this year in favour of a summer visit, but Lindsay’s broken ankle saw to that. […]
More Hawksmoor
I spent the better part of my last week in London. Mostly for work, but I squeezed in a little fun as well. I flew out Saturday morning. The cost […]
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