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So today is the last day of school- a novel event for our family, as this is the first year the kids haven’t been homeschooled. Last night was Thing Two’s graduation. One thing that the Nisga’a do thoroughly and well is celebrate achievement. Last night’s feast celebrated the toddlers moving up to […]

So our house is supposed to be finished by Friday. After 13 months, I don’t think we can remember the last time we had spring in our step. Lately we’ve been coming home from work, eating, doing a couple of tasks, and falling into bed. So we are looking forward to […]

I found this pretty vintage tablecloth at the Sally Ann yesterday, and knew it could use a new lease on life.  It’s faded, with a couple of spots, but otherwise in great shape.

So after some thought, I decided that it wanted to be an apron.  A pretty, cheerful, slippers and a pipe type of apron.  […]

We’ve been trying to get to the farmer’s market when we go to town on Saturdays, and the weather was even cooperative today, so we strolled a little slower. There were the biggest poppies I’ve ever seen- seriously, they were 6 inches across. I bought a nice cucumber, a dozen farm-fresh brown eggs (I […]

“I meant to get a haircut tomorrow, but I forgot.”  Silly Badger.

I’m not a scientist, and I barely scraped through Chemistry 11, but I am fascinated by the periodic table of the elements. This interest began when I read Oliver Sacks’ amazing childhood autobiography, ‘Uncle Tungsten‘. (If you haven’t read it, do. You don’t need to like science to enjoy it.)
So when I found […]

Check out this neat video showing 500 years of Women in Art. (You’ll have to go to YouTube, as I don’t want to take the time to install the WP plugins for video right now- sorry)

Really, truth is stranger than fiction.  I think that this news story would be a wonderful story starter.  Maybe I’ll have to write something.  I mean really, how bad a ninja was the guy if a pensioner chased him off and he had to flee by bicycle?  Too funny.