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books/whatnot/writing

The streak is dead. Long live the streak.

Posted on 28/12/2021 by Reay

As I picked up my ebook again this morning, I realized that I was continuing to read from right where I’d left off… two days ago. I cast my mind bac...

language/whatnot/writing

Writing less, more

Posted on 01/12/2021 by Reay

I recently read this (short!) post advising–with good reason–that people should write shorter stuff but more often. It struck a chord with me. I do,...

books/whatnot

What I read this month

Posted on 31/10/2021 by Reay

It’s been a busy month of hunting things down for the reno and running around and picking up and dropping off and meeting and stress and calls and emails ...

news/whatnot

Whole home renos: Not for the fainthearted or busy

Posted on 03/09/2021 by Reay

You know what the world doesn’t need more of?Kinds of faucets. There are, I can say without risk of hyperbole, about nine and a half quintillion kinds of ...

health/social/whatnot/writing

U.S. pharmaceutical ads be like…

Posted on 10/03/2021 by Reay

Being in Canada, we get plenty of our entertainment from American sources. Sometimes on TV, that comes via American broadcasters who, of course, run American co...

news/tech/whatnot

A new look for the joint

Posted on 10/03/2021 by Reay

Regulars here may notice that I freshened up the site with a new look. What do you think? Gone are the bulky header photo (on every page, which was an… in...

health/whatnot

Revisiting old good stuff, looking forward to new good stuff

Posted on 31/12/2020 by Reay

Back in March of this year, I was bemoaning the fact that our Good Stuff jar was to that point sitting empty. And that was right at the start of what has become...

photography/whatnot

Photos aplenty

Posted on 29/10/2020 by Reay

For anyone who hasn’t poked around my site much, please do take the time to check out my Photos page. I add only select stuff to it pretty regularly (and ...

health/parenting/whatnot

Celebrate progress, not perfection

Posted on 28/10/2020 by Reay

I heard that phrase recently in regard to a new podcast that’s out. With apologies, I don’t recall which podcast it is, but I loved the phrase becau...

parenting/whatnot

Lego remains awesome, but…

Posted on 19/10/2020 by Reay

There’s a time in a parent’s life–I’m making a sweeping assumption here based on my own experience, but I’d bet money it’s a...

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