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This Is Me
Last night after dinner I was listening to some music and the video for This is Me from the Greatest Showman came on. Kat was bopping around enjoying it until she looked at the screen and saw the bearded lady, then started the questions.
“Who’s that…
March Madness
March is supposed to bring warm breezes, a hint of green grass, robins and geese and other wonders of Spring. Instead, this year gave me a heaping dose of anxiety and depression. Fun! The week off of March Break and the following week were very very …
Kisses Through the Glass
The morning routine goes like this:
alarm, howling cat at the door, snooze button, snooooooze, alarm.
Crackling bedframe of island pine, rattling vintage door handles, creaking doors open to say
Goodmorning, sunshine! Rise and shine! Just…
Love Through the Ages
A few days ago I was laid low by a Facebook picture that Walking the Red Road shared. I had just gotten off work, was battling a head cold, hadn’t slept well in a couple of days AND started my period. I was a bit of a wreck so I suppose I have some e…
Epic 10th Anniversary Road Trip Post
Hi Everyone! Ryan and I finally got to go on our honeymoon at the end of last month; from June 22nd to the 28th we were on the road from Sudbury to Prince Edward Island and back. We had a wonderful trip with miles upon miles of beautiful scenery, nic…
Life Update part eleventy two
Hello friends! Not dead, just busy. Lots of fun things have been happening around here lately so let me get you up to speed:
- Gabe has been working hard all month on a YUGE elections campaign project for school. He hands it in today and I'm SO N…
Thankful Thursday (early!)
It's good to stop and smell the roses; have you ever done that? Literally stopped on your way to or from someplace to smell a rose? I have and it's a lovely thing to do. Around here we have wild roses in the summer and sometimes you can smell them fr…
Kintsukuroi Repaired with Love
You may have seen this image floating around the last little while:
The philosophy here is as beautiful as one of the pieces; Japanese aesthetics values marks of wear by the use of an object. This can be seen as a rationale for keeping an obje…
Back to the Future?
The poplar across the street has leaves as bright yellow as miniature suns; they remind me of the fabled trees of Lothlorien. I noticed a few peeking out a couple of weeks ago and may have cringed a bit. Ryan laughed and said "Why are you always surp…
This Time Is Different
So a lot’s been happening behind the scenes here in Canada-land. Ryan’s been working out of town four hours away since mid-November; this isn’t new for me, as I’ve been on my own with the kids before. It’s different this time though. Every instance o…
Vexing Vaccinations
Last week I took the kids to get their vaccinations; Kat's behind, and I thought Gabe was missing a set 
from when he was five but apparently not. Let's get one thing straight right off the bat; while I might be a liberal hippie feminist, I'm not anti…
Preschool Pain in the A$$
The following is just a rant. 
I love my kids very much, but damn, sometimes you just want to lock them up and throw away the key. In my case, it's from about age 2 1/2 to 5. The foot-stomping, screaming, gimmie-gimmie, temper tantrum stage for …
Becoming - Mother's Day
Tomorrow is Mother's Day, a day rooted in peace activism, but commercialized beyond recognition. Gabe was upset he didn't win me a cake at school on Friday and I told him that was fine, if he never bought me a single thing for Mother's Day, only reme…
Lipstick and Lies
Have you ever had a reaction to something someone did or said that was so strong it surprised you? Not a trigger, that's not what I'm talking about, but a gut reaction of NOPE that blindsided you? That happened to me Friday morning while trying to …
Two? Two?! TWO!?
Two years ago today Katherine was born via cesearan in a BC hospital. Her delivery was fraught, my recovery slow, but other than that little bump at the beginning the last two years have been AMAZING. She is the sunniest toddler in the 'verse (and I …
Loss
Ok, so I guess the Universe is never really done kicking anyone in the pants. A few days ago I found out a dear former professor and idol passed away from cancer. I hadn't spoken with her in a couple of years but I still feel her loss keenly. Dr. Ala…
I Hate Princesses
Or more specifically, I hate princess culture. I'm an anti-monarchist, despite living in a constitutional monarchy. The idea that a family is somehow special, and therefore more powerful, rich and well regarded than any other, is classism at it's str…
Bottom of the Well
Spring is technically right around the corner but we're experiencing (hopefully our last) deep freeze here in Northern Ontario. The wind has been blowing forcefully for days, the temperatures dipping down into -30C or worse at night. I feel like the …
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