Today, Jasper – my buddy and constant companion – turns five-years old. Five. That’s about 35 in dog years. He’s pretty much a proper adult. The more I think about it, the harder it is to believe. Was it really almost five years ago that I met that squirming ball of fuzz at a farm read more
Category Archives: Reflections
Photo Fridays: Grandpa
March 22, 2013 – 8:45 am
I woke up yesterday to a message from my father letting me know that my grandpa had passed away in the night. With that side of my family so far away, I was left with little else to do but wait. I spent the day awash in a sea of memories (it’s amazing how quickly read more
Facing your fears (creatively)
March 19, 2013 – 7:30 am
Once upon a time I met a guy named Andy. We worked together, I in the PR department and he in the creative department of a non profit organization. Aside from being obviously creative, Andy was also fun and quirky and we became friends. Time passed and eventually we each headed our own separate ways to chase read more
Unexpected inspiration from International Women’s Day 2013: A reflection
March 11, 2013 – 9:42 am
Last Friday was International Women’s Day: a day dedicated to celebrating women and their achievements both today and throughout history, the world over. I originally thought that I wanted to write something for the day but I couldn’t think of a story to tell that was any more impactful than the stories that were already read more
Things like this make me sad
February 20, 2013 – 7:30 am
Around the beginning of last summer, I made a decision. It was a decision that was partially inspired by the author and all around awesome guy, John Green and his advocacy on the matter. It was also somewhat driven by a certain degree of location-based guilt. The Decision was to make all of my book purchases from read more
Paying your vet bills and other adventures in adulthood
January 30, 2013 – 12:25 pm
If you live anywhere in Southern Ontario, then there’s a pretty good chance that you too experienced the freezing rain extravaganza that was our weather yesterday. It started off pretty innocuously but by mid-afternoon and onward it was a straight-up gross-fest. I had spent my day avoiding the roads as much as possible (my single read more
On running and kicking self-doubt in the face
January 16, 2013 – 7:30 am
It’s hard to believe that California is only two days away. Harder still to fathom is the fact I’ll be running my very first half marathon in the Disneyland Tinker Bell Half Marathon weekend while I’m there! Back when Llisa and I first decided to do this, it felt forever away. Like, January 2013 was read more
Farewell holidays, onward new year
January 7, 2013 – 7:30 am
Well, here we are. Right now it’s Sunday evening but I probably won’t post this until Monday morning. To me, Monday morning feels like the true and appropriate beginning of all things new. After two weeks of holidays (with thanks to my ever fabulous employer for the generosity) I’ve spent virtually my whole day cleaning, read more
On my morning run
November 28, 2012 – 2:18 pm
Getting out of bed at 5 a.m. is not fun. Getting out of bed at 5 a.m. is especially not fun when it’s cold out and all you want to do it stay curled up in your toasty bed. But you can’t run in bed (although if you could, I would be a world champion) read more
Preparing for the rise of unofficial fall
September 4, 2012 – 3:17 pm
Holy damn, it’s September. I threw this vlog together last week when I realized that it had been a month since I made my last video. It hadn’t felt like a month, and even now I’m having a really hard time realizing that August is over and that unofficial fall (the “it’s back-to-school time therefore read more
