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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...