Category Archives: Personal

Life Update – January 2023

Hello and thanks for returning to read! Despite my rare posts, this blog has been going for 12 years now and I will stay the course. I’ll backtrack to my last update. Our grown child has been living with us

Life Update – January 2023

Hello and thanks for returning to read! Despite my rare posts, this blog has been going for 12 years now and I will stay the course. I’ll backtrack to my last update. Our grown child has been living with us

My Neighbours

I live in such a typical suburb. I thought I would give you a slice of life from around the neighbourhood. On one side we have an empty house. A recently-divorced professional woman bought the house about 15 years ago.

My Neighbours

I live in such a typical suburb. I thought I would give you a slice of life from around the neighbourhood. On one side we have an empty house. A recently-divorced professional woman bought the house about 15 years ago.

Life Update – August 2022

Thanks to everyone who finds and reads this post! I feel quite restored since the depths of February – for lots of reasons: Spending time outdoors after a long winter Fully recovered from a couple of sports injuries All phases

Life Update – August 2022

Thanks to everyone who finds and reads this post! I feel quite restored since the depths of February – for lots of reasons: Spending time outdoors after a long winter Fully recovered from a couple of sports injuries All phases

Crow on deck railing in driving snow, suburban shed in background

Life Update – February 2022

What I’ve been doing for the past 6 weeks.

Crow on deck railing in driving snow, suburban shed in background

Life Update – February 2022

What I’ve been doing for the past 6 weeks.

Life Update – October 2021

Hello Readers, thank you for being here! My life has been so calm I thought I would report on a few months of activities in one go. So much is going well. One thing isn’t. We haven’t seen Rom’s parents

Life Update – October 2021

Hello Readers, thank you for being here! My life has been so calm I thought I would report on a few months of activities in one go. So much is going well. One thing isn’t. We haven’t seen Rom’s parents

My First Year on iNaturalist

[NOTE: long and nerdy read!] When I was a kid, my family home was on a lake shore. The property was bounded by a brook and forested on three sides. I knew the names of wildflowers, trees, insects, birds, fish

My First Year on iNaturalist

[NOTE: long and nerdy read!] When I was a kid, my family home was on a lake shore. The property was bounded by a brook and forested on three sides. I knew the names of wildflowers, trees, insects, birds, fish

Life Update – July 2021

We had a big change at the Exacting House this month. Rom retired from his job! He had been increasingly unhappy there and knew he wouldn’t stay another 8 years to age 65. He saved half his take-home pay “FIRE-style”

Life Update – July 2021

We had a big change at the Exacting House this month. Rom retired from his job! He had been increasingly unhappy there and knew he wouldn’t stay another 8 years to age 65. He saved half his take-home pay “FIRE-style”

Paper mementos including tickets, greeting cards, tourist pamphlets, boarding passes and maps

Precision Memory Filing

I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks

Paper mementos including tickets, greeting cards, tourist pamphlets, boarding passes and maps

Precision Memory Filing

I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks

A Room of My Own

Reorganized home office after working from home for a year!

A Room of My Own

Reorganized home office after working from home for a year!

Open ring-binder bullet journal

My Anti-Planner

I love watching YouTube videos that show planners and bullet journals being set up and filled in. I kept a long-hand journal from about age 10 to age 30, and I always expected to return to journaling someday. Since that

Open ring-binder bullet journal

My Anti-Planner

I love watching YouTube videos that show planners and bullet journals being set up and filled in. I kept a long-hand journal from about age 10 to age 30, and I always expected to return to journaling someday. Since that