Girls in the garden Way back in March, I was going to write a post about our family's adventures in composting but when a global pandemic hit it seemed sort of irrelevant. Four months later, in this "new normal" of social distancing and mask-wearing, I'm still figuring out what it looks like to reduce our… Continue reading Plastic-Free in the Time of COVID-19
This week we had our first stint of camping for the year. Camping is one of our favourite family activities each summer so it's especially nice that it's one of the activities both allowed and encouraged during our current global situation. (To be completely honest, this was technically our second camping experience of 2020 as… Continue reading Camping 2020: Klein Lake
I received an eARC of this book through the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. God and the Pandemic is on sale now. This short book grew out of an essay by N.T. Wright, expanded into his thoughts and beliefs, based on Biblical study, surrounding Christians and… Continue reading Book Review: God and the Pandemic by N.T. Wright
Happy Canada Day! This year we celebrated with ribbons in our hair, in our own neighbourhood, and with a small group of family. It was very different than past years but it was still a lovely celebration of our community. Canada Day is THE celebration in our town. You can check out past years here;… Continue reading Canada Day 2020
On the Beach - Nevil Shute (Vintage International, 2005) On the Beach had long been on my TBR list. Choosing it now in the midst of a global pandemic added a strange layer to my reading. The story takes place in Australia, a few months after a brief global war has destroyed the planet. Atomic… Continue reading Book Review: On the Beach by Nevil Shute
All week I've been watching the news and social media and thinking about what to say and do. It's horrifying to hear of the violence enacted against an unarmed man in the way that George Floyd suffered and died. It's even more horrifying that this is far from an isolated incident, in the United States… Continue reading TBR Additions (vol. 3): Listening to the Voices of Others
As it did for so many, Easter looked very different for our family this year. For us, Easter is centred around gathering with our church - a Good Friday service, sometimes an early morning beach service on Sunday morning, followed by the main service at church, full of excitement. For the past four years we've… Continue reading Easter 2020
It's been one month since the night Peter and I learned there were confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our town. We live in a small community, located a forty minute ferry ride from Vancouver. So although we aren't far from the Big City, it can feel very separate. Yet that night we knew what people… Continue reading Life: One Month
One of the most fun things for me as a parent is introducing my girls to the books I loved when I was a kid. I hadn't read anything by Laura Ingalls Wilder in years but when Pearl turned four last year and we started reading chapter books with her at bedtime, I thought we'd… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: Laura Ingalls Wilder
It is a strange, strange time in our world right now. While we remain largely unaffected in our community, we know that we are not immune to what's happening in the world and we know we can't quite continue life as normal. Spring Break for our family began this week, as planned, but it is… Continue reading Life: Spring Break in a Pandemic
