As I settled in with a cocktail on the deck of my friend’s house just outside Whitehorse last Friday, I couldn’t imagine anywhere more beautiful to be.  Even at 6 pm, the sun was still well above the snow-covered mountain Continue reading Larger than life→

Maybe it’s just the heat, but I am having a hard time feeling positive about much of anything right now. I realize the climate crisis is more serious than my discomfort from the hot weather – honestly, I do – Continue reading Confessions of a heat hater→

When my partner and I handed off our 10-year-old grandson to his father late Saturday afternoon, we collapsed onto our couch and sat, entirely still and silent, for quite some time, utterly exhausted by our week of adventures with him. Continue reading Family vacations→

A three-week inquest, a major house renovation that took much longer than we had anticipated and left us begging around town for showers for several weeks, and a quick trip to Halifax for the Mass Casualty Commission hearings might have Continue reading Vacation time!→