Still working on the 80% rule
One of the many excellent ideas and encouragements that Amie McNee suggests in her fantastic book is to get comfortable with the idea that a creative work that’...
Author: Reay
Time for a tea test
Other than a brief dalliance with coffee in high school, I’ve been a tea drinker for the vast bulk of my life. I like the smell of coffee, and I like the taste ...
A physical entertainment possession renaissance
It seems that some high schoolers these days are starting to develop an affinity for owning physical entertainment items instead of relying exclusively on strea...
I wish I’d learned to skateboard
I never got the hang of skateboarding. I had one for some years and tried, for a while, to pick up at least the basics of it — Okay, so I stand here, and ...
Finally squaring away boxed contents
Our finally (FINALLY) clearing out my mother’s storage lockers has proven to be a bit contagious and has inspired us to also start clearing away some un-d...
Blaugust check-in again
“Hey, man.” Hmm? Oh, hey, Central Conceit. “That’s not my name, you know.” Oh. What is it? “Don’t muddy the issue. We&...
Stressed today
I’m feeling unusually stressed today. It’s no one thing, it’s a collection of smaller things that happen to have heaped onto this one day. But...
Too much of a good thing
As I type this, I haven’t yet checked our lottery tickets for last night’s draw. You may be reading the blog of a multi-multi-millionaire who doesn&...
Beaching it, day 2
*Reporting Live From Ipperwash Beach* I’d thought that today was going to be more about poking around beach town than being at a beach, but the latter was voted...
Blogging from the beach
*Reporting Live From Ipperwash Beach* We called an audible this morning and decided to try to shoot for a visit to an aunt’s place, the better part of three hou...