i probably won’t get rabies
I live in Toronto. There are raccoons here as big as dogs. A few days ago, there was a huge one sitting on the fence eyeing Dad’s tomato plants. I didn’t see it as it was during my nightly 7-9 p.m....
View Articlewhat would jack do?
Last year on this day, BJB texted me to tell me that Jack Layton had died. An undefinable sadness washed over me and I wept for a man I had never met. For a man I will never forget. Jack, we’ll always...
View Articlebabe in the city, part one
Okay. So I don’t want you to panic, but it is going to look like I’m growing AND shrinking in this one. Have no fear, for I have not been eating the PCP cakes like Alice. Think of this edition of The...
View Articlebabe in the city, part two
Subtitle: A Brief Exploration Into Why High Park is the Best Place in the City When I was little, Mum used to walk me around for about 2 hours every afternoon so that I would a) go to sleep, and b)...
View Articlebabe in the city, part three
Or; Where the Streets Have My Name Story time! The other day The Lady and I were on our way to Kensington Market to meet up with one of her old “kids” (Hi Brett!) and we decided to walk from Queen’s...
View Articlep. sherman, 42 wallaby way, sydney
When The Lady cleans the house, she likes to put on Finding Nemo. Do not blame me for this! Apparently this has been going on for YEARS. What I am trying to say, even though I don’t see it much...
View Articlebabe in the city, part four
Or; Getting All Cultured and Stuff with EFC Last week, The Lady packed me up and rolled me onto the subway again. "OMG Lady! Did you see that woman? Tights are NOT pants, am I right?" After getting...
View Articlephoto a day – may
The other day I realized that I had not backed up my phone in, well, ever. This is probably why I lost half my contacts when I broke my last phone. I had 693 pictures to back up, and I would say 98.7%...
View Articlephoto a day – june
Another photo post! It’s June Instragram Round Up Hour… or something. This list was a lot more difficult than last month, partly because I made a point to do it “day of” and especially because I tried...
View Articleone and one sixth
Dudes! I have so precious few of these monthly birthdays left! I have to start counting them in fractions to make them last longer, before that Other Baby comes out of the mirror and takes over my life...
View Articlethe monday snapshot, vol. 12
Yesterday, The Clan of Multiple Farm Buildings did something we try to do every weekend – be tourists in our own city. There is so much to do – so much free stuff to do around the city. There was also...
View Articlethe monday snapshot, vol. 13
Further to my “HGB will know about farms! And food and such!” declarations here, we took HGB to an actual farm this weekend. There is this really rad place called Riverdale Farm right in the heart of...
View Articlethe monday snapshot, vol. 15
This Saturday, as part of our continuing Babe in the City series (basically, go out and do stuff in the city as a family) we took HGB to the Toronto Zoo. We captured all the usual shots of all the...
View Articlewe’re white, and we wouldn’t have
This post is my contribution to the Fall 2012 PAIL Book Club. The book: Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. According to the summary “… a revolutionary new perspective on children that...
View Articlethe monday snapshot, vol. 18
Well, I am not going to beat the magic that is THIS, but I’ve got to post something… Yesterday we took HGB to High Park (the BIG park in the city, like Central Park, I guess) to this SUPER AWESOME play...
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