I’ve always been the type to obsess, but I obsess in seasons. All I want to think, read, listen, or talk of in a certain season will be one thing, and then the next month I’m all a-rage over another and the first thing is forgotten. I still care abou...

I got my permit several years ago, as a nineteen- or twenty-year-old (really, those years seem light ages away now, thanks to everything that’s happened since…). Of course, that wasn’t my idea. My parents signed me up for the classes, knowing otherwi...

(First off, an apology to anyone from Ontario for any remarks I may make. Please remember it applies mostly to the Trans-Canada part of Ontario. I love other parts, like Ottawa). Last time I promised you the rest of our travelling story. July has bee...

In the immortal words of the great Sherlock Holmes, “Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” I believe I’ve lived that quote out this month.Everything was rather commonplace in late May/early June, and then my s...

Bonjour, bonjour! Has it seriously been ... *counts on fingers, starts to type, forgets number & recounts* ... 7 months since I sent out a newsletter?? Let’s pretend not.It has been a crazy time of teaching, preparing to move, and a lot of growin...

Hey, peeps! Happy October!I know I am sending you all more than one email this month, but I promise this won’t become a habit—I just have very poor calendar skills. My bad.First off, I wanna appreciate the gorgeousness of fall, okay? My family and I...

It’s October, in case you didn’t notice. ;P I had big plans for October, many of which included this newsletter. As you can see, that didn’t quite pan out. I was very sick (nope, not Covid; I got tested to find out!) and had some family/life happeni...