I find the world hard to keep up with sometimes.  So many trends…so many styles…so many elements that are constantly changing.  There’s a colour of the year…a dress of the month…a song of the summer.  It often feels like this never ending race to keep up with current direction of the social appeal. But some […]

My very first night living on my own here in Ottawa, I walked the length of the Rideau Canal.  It was a long walk.  It was a beautiful walk.  It was an immensely joyous walk.  The air was warm…the city was quiet…and all I could think about was how excited I was for this new […]

Winters can be tough in Ottawa.  They can be really cold…really long…really dreary.  February especially can feel like it goes on forever.  It can be really easy to get into a funk during this time of year. My family used to have the perfect remedy for this when I was kid.  It was called the […]

I’ve lived in Ottawa for fifteen years now.  It’s crazy when I think about it actually!  I moved here in September of 1997 to go to school and it’s so strange to think that nearly half of my life has been spent in this city! But as far as hometowns go…I wasn’t raised here.  My […]

Have you ever heard the children’s song The Bear Went Over the Mountain? We used to sing it at summer camp when we would walk with all of the little kids to the park.  The bear climbed over the mountain…the bear climbed over the mountain…the bear climbed over the mountain…to see what he could see.  […]

It was an especially cold and rainy October day a couple of years ago.  My Dad and I had just finished checking out a really amazing contemporary art exhibit that was passing through town and before heading out for a late lunch, we decided to make a quick stop at the gallery’s bookstore.  While I […]