Tag Archives: the parenthood

So This is November. And What Have You Done?

Today is day six of ME PARENTING CHILDREN MOSTLY ALONE except for friends and family and preschool and my reliable automobile and my cat. Your cat helps you parent? you are saying. Yes. How? you are asking. By letting me … Continue reading

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ControverSunday: Digital Privacy

Our new mistress of Controversy, Kathleen, gave us weeks to work on this one – the topic of digital privacy. Just like in high school and university, I left it to the last minute. Suck it, 36-year-old maturity! Anyone can … Continue reading

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Gone Daddy Gone

On the second to last day of our great road trip adventure this summer, we were driving to Enderby, a small community in the Okanagan. It was a very hot summer day and we had stopped for lunch and water … Continue reading

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Remembering the Strip Mall, Now Fenced For Destruction

There used to be a children’s consignment store there, all wooden animals and spinning tops made of tin and racks of clothes at the back and I would go in with you, when there was only one of you, and … Continue reading

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Two Months. Two Kids. (Two Years Later)

I was just looking through my drafts folder for this blog and I found this tiny attempt at a post, which I started on June 21, 2008. Trombone was just shy of 2 years old and Fresco was 2 months … Continue reading

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