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Duncan’s been immortalized!

Today was a most excellent day. So excellent, in fact, I can’t possibly fit all that excellence into one blog post, so Part II will be published tomorrow.

PART I

I went downtown and discovered a new street art installation by Maks on Slater Street just a few steps east of Bank Street. And if that […]

Do you like your neighbourhood?

A new website – Ottawa Neighbourhoods – was recently launched, and it provides all kinds of interesting information about neighbourhoods in Ottawa.

My own neighbourhood – Carlington – didn’t fare very well, which probably wouldn’t come as a surprise to most of its residents, or to those of you who saw The Citizen’s interesting piece […]

Mayor Larry’s Snow Job

A snow tax! Can you believe it? As if we haven’t suffered enough this winter. Talk about adding insult to injury.

I only heard about it a few minutes ago, but right off the top of my head, I have three problems with Mayor Larry’s proposed $50 per household snow tax.

1) If I’m not mistaken, we […]

My wardrobe malfunction

When I was ten, my mother remarried and quit her job so she could stay home and have more children and be a homemaker. She and her husband bought a one-roomed schoolhouse in the country, and he set about to renovate it into a three-story, five-bedroom house. She became a full-fledged, pregnant, pickle-making, jam-cooking, clothes-sewing, […]

Unwinding with Duncan

Watcha doin’ ?

Making tea?

I’ll just wait here while it steeps a bit.

Mmmmm, yummy.

(This morning he actually got in the shower with me; unfortunately, like most people, I take my camera into the bath but not into the shower.)

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Random tidbits

Just a few random tidbits today:

1. I’m looking forward to learning the details of the latest Mayor Larry scandal. From what I can gather, it has something to do with his ex-wife allegedly raising funds for his legal defence. The mayor has taken a pre-emptive strike by calling a press conference to react to the […]

The Knitting Mafia and Collective Bargaining

Ever since the Yarn Harlot sent the “Knitting Mafia” over here, I’ve been feeling a bit guilty for not blogging often enough about knitting. But in order to blog about knitting more, I kind of have to knit more. So I’ve been knitting up a storm lately to assauge my guilt over not blogging about […]

Pigs’ ears, silk purses and art

Today was one of those days. If it were something other than a day, it would have been a dentist drill. But I am not at liberty to talk about the more irritating parts of this day in any kind of detail, so I will talk instead about some good things.

Instead of talking about the […]

About winter…

So. I see reverse psychology does not work on Old Man Winter as well as it does on cats. I figured if I pretended to like him, he would back off and play hard to get. Ha. Forty-five Fifty-six centimeters later, I concede defeat: I am no match for the wily ways of Winter.

Yesterday’s […]

Don’t believe everything you see on tv

While I was sick at home I watched a lot of daytime TV, including Steven and Chris who apparently used to be The Designer Guys but now have their own daytime show. They had Kim Woodburn – the “Queen of Clean” – as a guest, and she shared a number of household tips.

Including this […]