Preparing the House for Sale

Perhaps the biggest drag to getting into Dragonfly Cohousing is the sequence of housing that precedes living in the project. When construction is completed – sometime next year – everyone involved needs to purchase their unit within a week of the finish. We won’t know that date exactly until perhaps a couple days prior. So, … [Read more…]

My First Marathon

I am invited to run the marathon by my sisters who run the half-marathon. I fly into Vancouver on May 4th and pick up our racing packages at the convention centre and then spend a couple days in Squamish with both my sisters and their lovely families. Even though I take a couple melatonin tablets … [Read more…]

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)

Touching tweets on the loss of Maurice Sendak a couple days ago: “We’ll be roaring our terrible roars today.” -Timothy McSweeney “‘Please don’t go…. We love you so.’ RIP Maurice Sendak” -St. Martin’s Press “Maurice Sendak.. Your mom has dinner waiting .. RIP.” -leearenberg Also got this great quote from the Wild Thing himself  in … [Read more…]

Marathon Training: Day 115/118

Three days before the big day. I’ve been holding out posting this lovely photo. Nipple chafe is not fun, so I cut band-aids so they don’t have to get stuck to a pile of chest hairs. My biggest run came almost 2 weeks ago. I covered 32 km in about 3.5 hours. I only realized … [Read more…]

Alberta Votes 2012

I have to vote today I get to vote today in the Alberta provincial election which in many ways is has a more profound effect on my day-to-day life than the federal government has. The same political party, the Progressive Conservatives, have held power in Alberta since before I was born. For that reason, change is … [Read more…]

Treats from Guatemala

When my school’s short term mission group returned from Tactic, Guatemala a couple weeks ago, they transported some gifts sent by very special friends. It’s amazing how taste and smell can transport one so intensely to distant memories. In our package, we got chirrepeco tea (grown locally), some horchata drink powder (Tang brand), Tortix lime … [Read more…]