A blog full of memories
I think he must have stumbled on a blog post from 2009 when I asked for people’s favourite Christmas carols. I had a few of my own favourites that I was sourcing from YouTube (which I will probably repost this year). Grace, Kara, Peter, and Ludo submitted their favourites. Fawn wrote her own. Anyway, I …
I am delinquent in everything: blog posts, getting fit after pregnancy, thank you notes to everybody who came to the Yukon this summer, sorting through 10, 000 or so pictures from the summer, more things that I dare not even start to think of. I think I am just overwhelmed. To top it off, I …
Villain red corduroy pants I was suduced by your boldness I knew from the moment I put you on the J-man You would wreak havoc in my life But I was seduced by your boldness Villain red corduroy pants You were lurking Lurking in the washing machine AFTER I had removed the other colours YOU …
Last week we went to a few events at the Adäka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse. Here is a video and some of the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers. I have been an expat from the Yukon for 20 years and an expat from Canada for ten. From all of those years living outside of the Yukon and …
He has started eating solid food. We started with boiled and blended carrot. Two carrots to be exact. We had a bit yesterday, and a bit more today, and there is still some left over–even after there seemed to be more on than in.
There is this hamburger joint in Cotati, California called Mike’s at the Crossroads. They have the best burgers I have ever tasted. They used to serve only burgers and salad, but now, apparently, they also serve fries. Regardless, whenever I think about burgers, I think about Mike’s burgers, and I start to salivate. (Yes, this …
Today, I went to pick up some stuff at the Lidl (a local discounter here in Switzerland). I especially like their brand of sensitive wet wipes (which I have discovered are fairly useful when the J-man spits up everything he seems to have eaten). The sensitive kind are non-scented and are probably just sterilized water …
Hello. Hello. Hello. It seems to be too long since I made an update. So long–in fact–that my friend Rain has had her twins. Both babies and mother are great. I am looking forward to hearing more of her news. Like…did her two other children like the stay in the “hotel for kids”. She had …
Well. Some pictures anyway. I don’t know what the news is. He is almost four months old. We are still breastfeeding. He is sleeping through most nights if I rouse him to feed him before *I* go to bed. That is a relief. I think we will start on solids (or some solids) in June. …
Voila. J’ai fini le 10K la samedi passe. My time was 1:11:39. A total of seven minutes more than the last time I ran a 10K race. I won’t make excuses. I guess I will just try to do better next time. I have registered for three other races in the fall this year: two …
I have been trying to eat healthier this year. I think I am doing a pretty good job (except for the chocolates, but I won’t go there right now). Part of the fun of eating more healthy is researching new recipies based mainly on what I have in my refrigerator. The other day, I had …
Ok. Ok. This may be over the top, but my baby just started playing with his toys!! I think it’s a huge accomplishment. I am so proud. Around 2:17, he gets bored and throws it away. Then starts drooling. That’s my boy!
I was walking down by the lake with a girlfriend a few weeks ago. I was pushing the J-man in the baby buggy. She was pushing her twins in a double pram. At snack time, she got out rice cakes and sliced apples and the twins happily shoved them in their mouths. She remarked that …
Remember the good woman story? Well, even though I’m not in the Yukon. And even though I hate touching raw meat (so I am not actually sure I would be able to haul a caribou out of the woods), I think I achieved an urban version of a good woman the other day. I went …
