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I have been catching up on snail mail, and really enjoying myself, futzing around with my stationery exuberance. While I have been, as always, sending out letters on fun Japanese correspondence, enjoy...

Another journaling prompt, one for ruminating on life. Not quite a prompt even, but just a quote, and maybe a starting place for something.

“What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We...

So excited and a bit bewildered to announce these special edition items made for us by the talented people at The Superior Labor in Japan, Kawai-san and Yoshimi-san and their team, created and launche...

My love of the public library in general, and the Toronto Public Library system specifically, continues. Our local branch is the Parliament Street Branch, which is sometimes, some days, a bit of a hea...

The other day two friends came over and they were both wearing LINE FRIENDS t-shirts. Ah, the days when Jon and I were a couple that wore matching clothes! Now we consider it a lucky coincidence when ...

We have made it to the end of International Correspondence Writing Month, InCoWriMo. Did you make it? I, alas, did not, but I did write a number of letters and I am pleased with the limited success I ...

Another series of delightful photos. I continue on in my career has cat caretaker and documentarian of their lives and love.

Chicken did not used to be a counter cat, but Tuna has taught him otherwise....

Reading lots, reading some, reading none. Each day brings with it what it will.

That being said, I’m not too prone—I don’t think—to determinism. I’m making an effort to return to my books and that waft...

It was Family Day weekend, and here in Toronto it was four days of family bliss from which I’m still recovering. The kids got their report cards and had the Friday off school, in addition to the Monda...

How is your International Correspondence Writing Month going? InCoWriMo is the month of February where one is supposed to write a letter a day. Halfway through the month, I am not quite there, but I’m...