Plumbing, the pussycat, and Pinterest
My new fridge came on Wednesday. I love that new fridge smell. Even though it looks kind of naked and pristine, I feel like waiting a bit before I stick…
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Since Bonnie asked…
Bonnie asked for it, and here it is! This is the table runner that GC made for his mother. Isn’t it stunning? I’ve included some close-ups of some of the…
Ottawa Police break sleeping man’s bones
Once again, there are more horrifying allegations of brutality lodged against members of the Ottawa Police Service. A woman and her teenaged daughter found a man sleeping on the sidewalk…
Our Most Excellent Themed Weekend
GC and I decided to have a special Quilting Weekend last weekend. This meant that our whole weekend would revolve around quilting-related activities. Saturday morning we went to Perth, for…
Kathleen Petty
I listen to Kathleen Petty on the Ottawa Morning Show on CBC radio every morning. Just for a little while…from the time I wake up til the time I get…
Passive aggressive link
Do you read Passive Aggressive Notes? It’s a popular blog that is comprised largely of reader-submitted photos of passive-aggressive signs and notes they’ve come across in the real world. We’ve…
A whole bunch of stuff
The Baseline Cowboys raised $300 in empties and spare change for Christie Lake Kids on Wednesday! Rumour has it they’ve also volunteered to help out with Christie Lake’s cooking program.…
Lost dogs: Baloo and Solo
I’ve been looking for Baloo, a half-groomed lost dog this week. He’s a rescue dog. The Rescue had him at the groomer’s to get his matts cut out. Poor little…
The Cowboys and the Kids
The Baseline Cowboys were catapulted into the local celebrity spotlight over the past few weeks as bloggers blogged, reporters reported, and photographers photographed them. They’ve been in the Ottawa Citizen…
Standard operating procedure vs police brutality
I’ve been thinking more about the Roxanne Carr videos. About the way she was handled by the police in the cell block. The officers seemed so calm and methodical, as…
Roxanne Carr cell block footage released
The videos of Roxanne Carr being checked into the Ottawa Police cell block are now public. You can see them here. Roxanne Carr left the following comment on my blog,…
Good boy, Logan, good bye.
Logan the Dog died yesterday afternoon. We’d known for the last six months that this day was coming – the writing was on the wall – but it still seemed…
A fan of The Fan
We went to see The Fan in Strathcona Park last night. It’s Odyssey Theatre’s 25th anniversary production. The Fan is a big fat rollicking farce with lots of big, over-the-top…
Love trumps freedom
Logan is practically blind now from the diabetes or the insulin, I’m not sure which, so he moves very slowly. After returning from a walk one day last week, he…
Awesome Wednesday
Last Wednesday afternoon GC and I stopped by the Baseline Cowboys’ base camp at 1605 Baseline Road, and gave them an antique Mr. Peanut jar filled with peanuts. They gave…
My book: Tabula Rasa
Last November, I participated – for the second time – in National Novel Writing Month. Just like the year before, I waited till the last minute to take the next…
Fire the thugs
Even I, who have a bit of a jaundiced eye when it comes to the behaviour of Ottawa’s police force as a whole, am surprised by how much police brutality…
Creating the right places
Yesterday we spent the afternoon filtering another 4,000 bottles of wine at The Oaks, for the Managed Alcohol Program. I learn a lot there, and it’s not just about winemaking.…
Cowboys and Dogcats
The awesomeness of The Baseline Cowboys, who I blogged about in their early days, is spreading far and wide! Tomorrow is GC and my GC’s and mine GC’s and my’s…
What’s grey and red and eats ears?
Oboe and Simon on the boingIn my experience, parrots are very well-behaved and sweet when you first get them. They don’t want to do anything that might upset you, because…