Family Life & Kids
sweet innocence
January 7, 2010
Childhood should look like this. But for many children it doesn't. Thanks Jamie for the reminder to stay focused on the "things" that matter.
Lobster ~ It's an East Coast thing
December 27, 2009
My parents are recent transplants to the Canadian Maritimes. My brother & I were born and grew up in the same town where my mother was born, grew up and married in. My dad was also born there, grew up various places but returned as a newlywed to start a ...
And to all a good night
December 25, 2009
It's nearing midnight here in Atlantic Canada. The house is absolutely quiet except for the tick-tocking grandfather clock. I'm off to bed soon but that latte Damien made for me this afternoon is keeping me awake. So much of these days is about the hours after dark. Dark comes soon ...
in my mother's kitchen(s)
December 22, 2009
My parents have 2 homes. Their main residence is in a small city on the south shore of Nova Scotia, about an hour from Halifax. Their second home, which my father (& sometimes my mom) lives at during the work week, is an apartment in Halifax, which is called "the ...
on the first day of Christmas
December 20, 2009
my true love gave to me... soap. What was supposed to be my holiday gift giving bar turned out slightly caustic. I knew something was wrong right away when it crumbled as I cut it, 24 hours after mixing it up. But I let it sit and cure for one ...
Time for sledding
December 18, 2009
I knew what I wanted this Christmas season to be like. Time at home, time outdoors, time together. Creating, learning, hiking, relaxing and loving.
welcoming winter ~ a recommended reading list
December 10, 2009
Last weekend it was a light skiff. Then yesterday it was a big dump of the white stuff; and so although winter's official arrival date is over a week away I consider old man winter to have arrived with this snow. Welcome winter camping, snow forts, snowshoeing and mad river ...
