Most of us want to change the world, don’t we? Even when everything feels hopeless and awful and impossible? I know that gluing my eyeballs to the news until I am a melting pool of despairing rage goo is NOT the answer. On the other hand, neither is fantasy-planning my next yoga vacation (just kidding […]

The past few weeks, we have been furiously gardening. (And when I say we, I mean that I pick out the plants and then my patient husband digs holes and waters them and weeds them and waters them some more. #trueromance) I cannot tell you how much these plants nourish my spirit: they’re so friendly! […]

So there I was, buying my first car in ten years. A cherry scarlet lipstick little roadster… …and I was crimson vermillion ruby THRILLED about it! Sure, it was 8 years old and a little beat up, but it had personality. Dignity. Black leather interior. And it went really, really fast. That car was an […]

It’s fair to say that we are in the thick of parenting right now. (Paw Patrol is literally playing in the background as I write this.) Five beautiful kids, toddlers to preteens. Which means we’re talking about playground politics AND consent AND cultural appropriation AND potty training on any given day. Sometimes people look at our daily chaos and say, “Oh, […]

Oh, loves, it’s been a WEEK. The funny thing about being an immigrant (yay Canada! thank you for letting me in your marvelous country with human rights and decency for all!) is that you trot along merrily, living your life like anyone else, buying your groceries and taking your kids to the dentist, and then […]