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Almost Camping Time

We do an annual camping trip with a group of us hauling out to some lake for a weekend and entertaining the kids with toys and swimming and roasted marshmallows. With June now half over and school into...

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Summertime: when long-lost friends come for a visit…

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What is your favourite summer colour?

The crisp, dirty orange of that first carrot I pull from my garden each year.

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When was the last time you lost track of the time?

Reading. Drawing. Wandering the park with my camera slung over my shoulder and the dog pattering through the woods. Fixing code. Slogging through even a short trail run.

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If life had a pause button, what would you use it for?

Saturday mornings.

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What do you like to do when it snows?

Find an excuse to go outside.

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What do you have that you cannot live without for winter?

Flannel sheets.

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What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

I’d probably wear far more comfortable shoes. Like, I’m talking slippers, 24 hours a day.

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Super Tuesday

It’s Tuesday morning at 8 am and I’m sitting in a cafe near my house drinking coffee and pondering what I can write in this blog. Why I can’t think of anything to write lately is one matter completely,...

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Lego Mini-Build

LEGO has a good thing going. We had to register a month in advance so that Claire could spend fifteen minutes building a little LEGO kangaroo at the free monthly mini-build last night. The place is...

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Force of Simplification

There are roughly 48 hours left in the month of November, and having given up a few of my baser electronic pleasures for this particular page of the calendar, I figured it was worth commenting on the...

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What do you have that you cannot live without for winter?

A big cozy pair of lopi socks I bought while in Iceland a few years ago.

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The Annual Jigsaw

Every year we crack out at least one key holiday tradition without fail: the jigsaw. In time when it’s just as easy to slouch into the couch and pick up a controller to play some video games on our...

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