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  • Grey day, watercolour memories

    Grey day, watercolour memories

    Another weekend- and month- have almost gone. Today decided to be more March in weather than yesterday’s July, which was a temporary step back in my mood, as well. But we carried on, through the rain and freezing drizzle as we drove to the mountains for another watersliding adventure. Without even a tantrum all day,…

  • Comicon

    Comicon

    I took my five and six year olds to Comicon today. I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into, but I’d already bought tickets months ago. When our regular sitter couldn’t come (due to our negligence in asking until the last minute) my husband gracefully bowed out, encouraging me to take the kids instead.…

  • One breath from freedom

    One breath from freedom

    Thursday’s my new favorite day. Always followed by a Friday, the breath of freedom gives new life to me. I worked, and had a good day, but couldn’t drag my thoughts away from writing. Like a cur with a bone, I thought about my work in progress, wondering when I’d have another chance to focus…

  • A bad day by comparison

    A bad day by comparison

    I can’t believe April is almost gone. The 25th has come and gone, and with it, most of the snow. After a night of very little sleep I struggled to work through the day, attempting to do the work of two days in one to compensate for the time I took off. As always, this…

  • Home again

    Home again

    For the last day of my week off, the weather gods saw fit to bestow a beautiful spring day on us all. The sun was high, birds were out, and my small hooligans ran wild at the park while I had a chance to catch up with an old friend. We sadly packed our things…

  • Family Monday

    Family Monday

    Our last full day of family vacation drifted away in the warm sunshine, vague memories of work not hampering me for a change. I felt my soul drink in every once of warmth, peeling off the layers of flannel and fleece, drinking my coffee with my face turned to the sun like a flower thirsting…

  • Warm spring day

    Warm spring day

    A lovely spring day, only one month late. (I’ll take it, no matter how long it took to arrive.) I enjoyed the nicest weather this year with my family, a delicious breakfast at Cora’s, followed by the butterflies at the Jardin Botannique. The kids ran and played with the butterflies and I caught adults with…

  • Playing hooky

    Playing hooky

    Another day of conference in a city made for fun. Focusing on learning as I get older sometimes feels like I have to pound stuff into my head with a mallet. It’s amazing that I accomplished another 12 years of education after the first 13 of school. I spent an entire quarter of a century…

  • Resolve

    Resolve

    My first full day in Montreal in almost ten years was strangely familiar and yet very different. The grey clouds pushed out flakes of white as I walked streets I didn’t remember, to a conference for those who’ve lost their memory. The irony wasn’t lost on me as I found my destination. I listened with…

  • Genie in a bottle

    Genie in a bottle

    The winds of change are in the air today. We had nice weather today, with the sun actually warming my shoulders through the window as I drove. It felt like I drove all day, in between work, appointments, and meetings. I planned my day like a general, Marching into battle, Every minute accounted for until…