
Happy Pandemic New Year
New Year’s Eve 2020 was the biggest non-event of all the new years we’ve ever experienced. Some people had a small break from lockdown restrictions, the rest of us soldiered on with staying at home...

Dull Grey, The Colour Of Our Times
Ordinarily I find this part of the year the most difficult. There’s a lull when the busyness of Christmas is over. A fresh year has begun, but everything remains the same. There has been no magic...

Pandemic 2.0
New province, new city... same old pandemic. As expected, the second wave of covid hit the western shores of Canada. And it hit hard. We had a couple of weeks to get ourselves settled in to our new...

Vancouver – A Fresh Start
It’s been two weeks since we started our new suburban life in Greater Vancouver. It feels like a lifetime since we left our urban Montreal condo. Starting afresh is happening at a much brisker pace...

Cityscape
The sun is beginning to set on the horizon, casting yet another unique palette of colour over the city. Water sparkles brightly below on the river as the last rays of sunshine dance along rippling...

House Hunting Hell
Is there any city where searching for a home is easy? If one exists, I’ve never heard of it. Certainly the experience has never been pleasant for us - whether Dublin, Montreal or Vancouver. We had...



