Final Days in Toronto

Final Days in Toronto

One last blog post before we launch into the world (Asia, Japan, Osaka)! Woo-hoo! Aghhh! Yikes. We’re leaving my foo dogs behind to guard the castle, along with a new human servant to feed and pet the...

June 11, 2025 — Liz Chan
Packing For a Trip

Packing For a Trip

We are gearing up for another trip! So excited and nervous and terrified and chomping at the bit and feeling totally unprepared. I dug out my daily travel bag, which is just large enough to fit my jou...

June 09, 2025 — Liz Chan
Life These Days: Fledging the Nest

Life These Days: Fledging the Nest

The other day, by sheer coincidence, all three kids were wearing their WP gear. Please enjoy this picture of the early morning pre-school chaos, as I forced them to all sit together so I could immorta...

June 02, 2025 — Liz Chan
Evening Letter Writing

Evening Letter Writing

The other day my files got organized alphabetically instead of by date, and this draft of a blog post from several years ago popped up. 2022! I do a lot of adding and subtracting for the shop, so I ca...

May 19, 2025 — Liz Chan
Life These Days: A New Landscape

Life These Days: A New Landscape

Above: a rare photograph capturing a difficult-to-visit and never-cleaned locale: the lair of an artistic genius and/or a feral creature hiding from his mother. Are the out-of-tune scales a reflection...

May 11, 2025 — Liz Chan
A Variety of Orders

A Variety of Orders

I was in the shop the other day! This is both more rare and not as rare as I make it out to be, but this day was exceptional because I was replacing Jon for the day. Woo-hoo! Put me in, coach. Ready t...

May 05, 2025 — Liz Chan
New Shelves

New Shelves

The other day, we installed Part 1 of new shelving in the shop. It’s been a long time coming. We’d had these minty green shelves that we picked up for our first shop at 906 Dundas West, and I’d really...

April 28, 2025 — Liz Chan
Life These Days: A Sprinkle Bun

Life These Days: A Sprinkle Bun

The other day, I was sitting in my car, in the parking lot of one of the kids’ after school activities and from the comfort of my own car, and hiding behind my book, I saw another parent, who I’ve see...

April 25, 2025 — Liz Chan
A New Journal

A New Journal

I recently started a new journal, which is one of my favourite things to do. 

 

For one thing, it’s very satisfying to finish up, to fill up, an entire notebook. I’ll have been carrying it around for days...

April 14, 2025 — Liz Chan
A Visit to London (Ontario)

A Visit to London (Ontario)

We were in London for an event for Caleb, and I was totally unprepared for how excellent a visit it would be. London is a fairly long drive from Toronto (2.5 hrs) and I had anticipated it to be mostly...

April 11, 2025 — Liz Chan