Final bits of packing – do I bring the Tevas or just aquasocks? Which phone charger? Do I have enough USB cables? I think these questions settle once and for […]

Last Sunday afternoon I was tearing north on Alma, desperately trying to get through the list of items I needed by tomorrow: SD flash card, spare pair of cargo shorts, […]

Part of being a dad is simply knowing how to do Fix Things That Need To Be Fixed. Instinctively. Things that we’ve never peered inside of before, especially if they […]

Last month, during November, I indulged in the exercise of writing something every single day. Not because I actually had something to say, but because I was trying to indulge […]

You’ll recall that just yesterday I was mocking the fine art of overpreparation for a trip, lapsing into hyperbole about arranging doilies for the housesitter’s snacks. This morning found me […]

There are some people who seem perpetually serene – life just is. You know these people, right? And you know that I’m not one of them. I can’t seem to […]