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
The Staff Currently Reading

The Staff Currently Reading

In case you needed some reading inspiration, here I am with some books on the go, from the team. (Admittedly perhaps no longer on the go, given how long it’s taken me to collect and collate all these ...

April 07, 2025 — Liz Chan
Life These Days: Nachos and Cheese Sauce

Life These Days: Nachos and Cheese Sauce

Some time ago I utilized every brain cell I had available to rationalize to Jon that we needed to buy these special and possibly overpriced Tupperwares with two compartments, and that our overflowing ...

March 28, 2025 — Liz Chan
Life These Days: The Universe (/The Machinations of the NYT Games App)

Life These Days: The Universe (/The Machinations of the NYT Games App)

I often putter around the Land of Existential Crisis, wallowing in the stagnation of inefficacy, Naomi throwing up in the night and then Tuna throwing up in the morning, me feeling generally repelled ...

March 24, 2025 — Liz Chan
Letter Writing Club

Letter Writing Club

We had a Letter Writing Club at the shop this past week. What fun! It has been a long time since we did one of these. There’s not much to it, just coming and hanging out and writing a few letters. We ...

March 15, 2025 — Liz Chan