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
Category: Emigration
Moving Day in Montreal
July 25, 2018One of the first things you need to learn about Quebec as in immigrant, is that Quebec likes to do… Continue reading
Toddling into Winter
December 11, 2017Autumn came to the city of Montreal as a breath of fresh, cool, air. Such a relief from long days… Continue reading
Finding your Tribe(s)
September 28, 2017Finding your tribe. It’s something you hear mentioned often, particularly when it comes to motherhood. Because ‘it takes a village… Continue reading
That Irish Girl
September 13, 2017We return home to our apartment each day. And it is our home already, even if it’s only been for… Continue reading
Three Months In: A New Life
August 11, 2017There’s been an overall sense of frustration lately. So little gets done with two children to look after. Inevitably one… Continue reading
Postcards from Montreal: First Impressions
July 13, 2017I know. It’s been a while. What the heck have we been doing? In short; house-hunting and parenting an emotionally-charged… Continue reading
A House, A Home
June 22, 2017Almost six weeks have passed since we arrived in Canada as freshly minted immigrants. “What’s it like?”, people have asked… Continue reading
Stranger in a Strange Land
May 30, 2017There we were, piled into a taxi van with two kids, four suitcases and several smaller items of luggage. Just… Continue reading
Moving Day
May 24, 2017There was little sleep the night before. Children and babies have an innate ability to know when there’s a tough… Continue reading