In honour of Father’s Day, I have drafted a brief essay: “Things the Carpenter taught…
WriteOut of Her Mind
Growing up
Despite the fact that I only graduated like 10 years ago (what? It could be true), I am suddenly…
July, baby
Welcome to the best month in the calendar year. I’d like to point out that two incredible…
Define ‘work’
The Carpenter and I have very different careers and as such, we have different definitions of the…
Spot on
Resisting change is something I excel at. But as I add another year to my time on this planet,…
Happy non-campers
It turns out, I don’t like camping. I found this out the only way possible: I took my kids…
Sin city
Look out Sin City. The Carpenter will be landing any minute now and he is unsupervised. Worse, he…
My mentor
The country was in crisis. The Referendum was looming. The daily news was electric and for once, it…
Summer not over
Please stop saying summer is almost over. It’s not. There is plenty of summer ahead, okay, so…
Riverfest
It’s finally here. Riverfest Elora takes place this weekend and my inner band groupie…
Shredded
I couldn’t stop myself. It was as if I was possessed by the spirits of cranky ghosts of…
Air freshener
If could create my own scented car air freshener it would be called “the cottage.” It…
Dream big
Dangerous things happen when the Carpenter and I go on vacation together. We dream. We dream big.…
Healing Heidi
It’s probably not the Monday morning text message the Carpenter was expecting when he checked…
Enjoy the view
This will be my first year attending an International Plowing Match. I may be one of the most…