Good morning! Today we continue our blog back in time to the distant era of March, and the mythical land of Los Angeles.
I was in LA primarily to hang out with my friend, YA author Cecil Castellucci, invade her apartment, and make it impossible for her to get any serious work done. I’m [...]
Continue Reading →Last weekend was a long one in Canada. We all had Monday off, but no one could really agree why. In most of Canada, it was called Victoria Day, in honour of an English queen that no one in England bothers to take a day off for anymore. In Quebec it was the Journée nationale [...]
Continue Reading →In the great tradition of b-girl Maehem’s long-since-melted Bonnie & Clyde partner, Bruce the Angry* Urban Snowman, the K-town Kold Krew burst on the scene this weekend in Kingston. Formed mere hours ago under the direction of Missy Fit and Renewable Energy, they are already fans of Street Dance Academy, Hip Hop [...]
Continue Reading →We got a video camera in October, finally! Its for work, but that doesn’t mean we can’t also use it to capture “life’s most precious moments” such as Frances playing with her best friend, a wimpy doberman named Jersey, and neighborhood shaggy dog, Tiger.
This was taken at the end of October, on my [...]
Continue Reading →I’m so excited that the air is finally warming up. No more clunky boots! Lighter jackets! And best of all, I get to start wearing this wonderful scarf that Monica of NaMoDa gave me. It’s warm enough for winter, but I think it will go best with [...]
Continue Reading →New Year’s Eve, right? Whoo whoo, yeah, greatest night of the year! XNZZzzzzz.
Who am I kidding? I have a limited tolerance for going out late to loud, crowded places, especially if it’s cold or damp out. I’m so sensitive, I can actually feel my feet starting to hurt and my eyelids drooping a week [...]
Continue Reading →Would you believe I am blogging while babysitting? My good friend Eria is upstairs pretending to sleep, having enjoyed the first chapter of a Christmas story about seven-headed mice, and exhausted my explanation for why magnets don’t stick together. (See next week’s Infrequently Asked Questions: Jill, Why Don’t Magnets Stick Together?)
But for now, back [...]
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You may not know this about me yet, but with iMo (right) I (left) am a multiple champion of [...]
Continue Reading →Children have a remarkable knack for sucking all adult attention out of the air and centering it upon tehemselves. This is especially true if the child in question happens to be very small and extremely talkative.
My young friend, Eria, is audible 100% of the time she is awake, which makes her very [...]
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playmate for only child, originally uploaded by codejill.
My youngest friend, Eria, aged 4 1/2, [...]
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