Category Archives: Personal

Couple outdoors on colourful deck chairs, wearing jackets

Life Update – November 2026

Hello, anyone out there? Today I will blithely chat away about myself, and I hope to hear what you’ve been doing too! World Events So, my last post was January 2023. The world seemed to be returning to “normal” after

Couple outdoors on colourful deck chairs, wearing jackets

Life Update – November 2026

Hello, anyone out there? Today I will blithely chat away about myself, and I hope to hear what you’ve been doing too! World Events So, my last post was January 2023. The world seemed to be returning to “normal” after

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!