Category Archives: Books
12 Months of Celebration – Month 7 – July
July got off to a bad start when the Canada Day fireworks were postponed for a week, and one of my cats went missing for five days! Fortunately, everything looked up after that, and it was one of my most
12 Months of Celebration – Month 7 – July
July got off to a bad start when the Canada Day fireworks were postponed for a week, and one of my cats went missing for five days! Fortunately, everything looked up after that, and it was one of my most
Desert Island Discs
One game we music snobs fans like to play is Desert Island Discs. Amusingly, I thought Greil Marcus made this up in his 1978 book Stranded, but of course, it has been a BBC radio show since 1942 – I
Desert Island Discs
One game we music snobs fans like to play is Desert Island Discs. Amusingly, I thought Greil Marcus made this up in his 1978 book Stranded, but of course, it has been a BBC radio show since 1942 – I
12 Months of Celebration – Month 6 – June
I delayed writing this because I am not in a celebratory mood. Over the weekend, one of our two cats escaped from the house and hasn’t been seen since. We are so sad to be missing our lovely Luna! It
12 Months of Celebration – Month 6 – June
I delayed writing this because I am not in a celebratory mood. Over the weekend, one of our two cats escaped from the house and hasn’t been seen since. We are so sad to be missing our lovely Luna! It
12 Months of Celebration – Month 5 – May
I’ve been finding ways to have fun and celebrate continuously instead of saving it up for year-end! It was super-easy this month because we had a long-awaited travel vacation to the UK. While we didn’t go to any movies or
12 Months of Celebration – Month 5 – May
I’ve been finding ways to have fun and celebrate continuously instead of saving it up for year-end! It was super-easy this month because we had a long-awaited travel vacation to the UK. While we didn’t go to any movies or
12 Months of Celebration – Month 4 – April
Every month this year, I’ve been looking back on what I did for fun, and what was special about the month just past. Here’s what I did for entertainment in April. An unexpected perk this month was that Rom won
12 Months of Celebration – Month 4 – April
Every month this year, I’ve been looking back on what I did for fun, and what was special about the month just past. Here’s what I did for entertainment in April. An unexpected perk this month was that Rom won
Book Review: Life at Home in the 21st Century
Imagine that a team of anthropologists made a study of your neighbourhood and immersed themselves in your daily life. What would they find? That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families
Book Review: Life at Home in the 21st Century
Imagine that a team of anthropologists made a study of your neighbourhood and immersed themselves in your daily life. What would they find? That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families
12 Months of Celebration – Month 3 – March
Three months into the year and I am making progress on finding things to celebrate every month! I’ve been trying to avoid long stretches of staying in, and also the “boom and bust” cycle of making up for it by
12 Months of Celebration – Month 3 – March
Three months into the year and I am making progress on finding things to celebrate every month! I’ve been trying to avoid long stretches of staying in, and also the “boom and bust” cycle of making up for it by
12 Months of Celebration – Month 2 – February
It is my goal to find fun things to do every month this year. I got off to a slow start – I mostly hibernated in January. But things have picked up considerably since then! First of all, Rom and
12 Months of Celebration – Month 2 – February
It is my goal to find fun things to do every month this year. I got off to a slow start – I mostly hibernated in January. But things have picked up considerably since then! First of all, Rom and
12 Months of Celebration: Month 1 – January
I set myself the goal of celebrating every month in 2013 and I’ve failed already! Some things I hoped/planned to do in January were: Go see Academy Award nominated films. I had narrowed it down to Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty
12 Months of Celebration: Month 1 – January
I set myself the goal of celebrating every month in 2013 and I’ve failed already! Some things I hoped/planned to do in January were: Go see Academy Award nominated films. I had narrowed it down to Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty
Too Many Books?
This weekend I decided it would be fun to count all the books in the house. I know, I should get out more 🙂 The idea arose because: We installed custom wall shelving in the living room for books, and
Too Many Books?
This weekend I decided it would be fun to count all the books in the house. I know, I should get out more 🙂 The idea arose because: We installed custom wall shelving in the living room for books, and
An Exacting Life 