Been doored in Toronto? Good luck.

I started biking to work again about a month ago. It’s a welcome form of exercise I will keep up with whilst still being practical (getting to and from work and avoiding the hot, slow, crowded and often delayed subway system). I’ve been cycling off and on in Toronto since I moved here 20 years ago….

Besieged by the plague

Christmas? What Christmas? Has it been Christmas? Because I missed ALL of it. I’ve been at home with the plague. It started the week before my holiday vacation started — I missed two days of work but was able to get back on the Friday to see my colleagues off for the break. I thought…

The 70% rule

I’ve been going more or less full tilt for months. I do take breathers now and then, but it tends to be on the weekends when I’m master of my own clock. And then I start to feel guilty because I’m not making time to do the things I want to do for myself —…

Rediscovering yoga

A number of years ago I started up my sporadic yoga practice once again — and this time it was the most committed I had ever been. There was a studio literally across the street from my office and they had a 5pm class that made it really easy to go and still get home…

Back to school

Last week I started a continuing education course at the University of Toronto, the foundations course and first of three required to obtain a certificate in Digital Strategy & Communications Management. As it turns out, one of the two major projects of the course is to start a blog. I wasn’t feeling too excited about…

Settling into 2014

Well hello 2014. I’ve been a bit tardy on the blog lately as we had one hell of a December. We got moved in, although later than we’d hoped. We had been in for precisely one week when the ice storm hit and cut off our power for three and a half days. This was…

The count down is on

Hello November! I am SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU! You’ve arrived just in time. I don’t think I’ve ever been more thrilled to see you! We’re now in our final month before the house is due to be ready. December can’t come soon enough. We’ve had more than a few frustrated outbursts. These can’t be…

Gettin’ real!

We hit lots of milestones with the house this past week. Today we checked on the place and voila! Drywall! We had two blower-door tests this week and were able to identify and patch up LOTS of air gaps, just in time for the drywallers to come in and make the place look like a…

Arva Flour Mill needs your support

I’ve posted about the amazing, historic Arva Flour Mill before. Their fantastic, artisanal flours are second to none for those with a passion for baking, especially bread baking. I recently discovered the mill has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds towards restoration work on the mill and its dam. They have a long way…

Hey, I made another video

I think I’m getting better at this. Our volunteer alumni had such a hoot being hand models. They really are fantastic people.