IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2024, my blog has moved over to Substack where I’m co-hosting A Tender Space (together with my business partner at Centre for Holding Space). You can find my new writing plus podcast episodes there, or sign up below to get them in your inbox.
Here’s some of my earlier writing…
Happy Birthday, Nikki!
(Yes, it's birthday week around here!)It fills my heart with wonder how quickly you have grownfrom this...to this...
Happy birthday Marcel!
42 years! You've come a long way baby!
Remembering Dad on his birthday
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Eureka! I think I’ve got it!
Further to my earlier post about birthday parties and the resulting truckload of stuff that takes over my home, I've been wrestling what to do with Nikki's party next week. As some of you have mentioned, we don't plan large parties, so it's not like I have twenty kids...
I blame it on birthday parties
Over the weekend, I spent several hours cleaning the family room and Maddie's bedroom, sorting through toys and getting rid of a bunch of things nobody plays with around here anymore. Since Maddie's the youngest, I can get rid of her castoffs without having to save...
Just a little more about Ethiopia…
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Despite the current deep-freeze, I still love it
Considering the weather around here has been hovering between -23 and -45 for the last three weeks (that's Celsius - translated it means @#$#@!! cold!), Marnie's suggestion for Fun Monday feels like a bit of a stretch right now. "Tell me why you love where you live."...
Okay, so I’m no Julia Childs
When I ran frantically into the kitchen screaming "oh NO! I burnt the nachos!" Maddie marched into the living room, planted her hands firmly on her hips, and pronounced "Dad! Didn't you know you shouldn't let Mom cook that?"Oh yeah, you can imagine how much he's...
Where is she NOW?
This morning, in an email to my sister, I wrote the following sentence: "I haven't talked to mom all week, so for all I know they've left the country again."Her response: "Yup, they've left the country again. Good guess."There is just something very weird about...
Wordless Wednesday
(Well, almost wordless. I can't resist SOME explanation)In one of those golden moments in EthiopiaI sat on the steps of the staff housingat the base camp in Arb Gebyawatching Hawk in flight.He'd smelled the remains of the goatthey'd slaughtered for our supperand he...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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