House Hunting Hell
October 1, 2020Is there any city where searching for a home is easy? If one exists, I’ve never heard of it. Certainly… Continue reading
Canada Reboot
September 25, 2020Our departure to start a new life in Vancouver did not come at a great time. Covid air travel is… Continue reading
Leaving Montreal – 3 years, 4 months and 1 week
September 12, 2020Covid spring turned into a meandering covid summer, but now there’s a bite in the air. Green leaves are starting… Continue reading
Heatwaves and Thunderstorms
August 18, 2020The end of summer is drawing closer. The weather is as reliable as anything else in this crazy 2020… Continue reading
Summer Decadence
July 27, 2020We’re in our third heatwave of the summer. Even on a cloudy day the ‘real feel’ temperature hovers somewhere… Continue reading
Garbage and Tulips
June 29, 2020Time marches slowly on though 2020. Meanwhile we’re trapped in some kind of bizarre groundhog day loop. Look outside our… Continue reading
Slow Weekends
May 29, 2020“What will we do this weekend?” – Something we don’t say anymore. Even the children already know the answer.… Continue reading
May – Kids Pandemic Activities and Resources
May 12, 2020It’s been EIGHT WEEKS of lockdown now in most countries and I don’t know about you, but my family… Continue reading
Grocery shopping in a lockdown time
May 8, 2020Frothy clouds are sprayed across the sky above me, almost covering the pale spring blue above. I stride along the… Continue reading
Coronavirus Schooling
April 20, 2020We’ve been ‘homeschooling’ officially for almost a year now in Quebec. Our learning is loosely child-led, but we are… Continue reading