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toronto welcomes us again

Well, we are officially back in Toronto! I have been slow to write because I’m still recovering from our journey: the claustrophobic quarters, the ice chunks on my fingers, the daily Elsie freak outs, you know. The reverberations are deep. Because let me just say, The Little Beauty has lungs and opinions stronger than mine. [...]

road trip day four: fantabulous driving

For the week of December 14-20: WHAT I’M READING: Malcolm Gladwell’s The Outliers. Very interesting study of who makes it big and why. WHAT SIMON’S READING: He’s not reading anything because we had this romantic notion that I would read The Outliers to him on the road. That was before we packed the car so [...]

road trip day three: a family of rebels

Perhaps we have reached a new low on our third day of driving. You decide. It goes something like this: two adults who clearly didn’t do enough rebelling when they were teenagers leave their daughter’s dirty diaper in a Santa Fe parking lot. They consider marking their entire journey in this manner. Littering the nation [...]

road trip day one: “frozen butt cheeks”

Day one of our road trip back to Toronto and the family is weeping. Sad, isn’t it? Okay, that’s a lie. Elsie Pelsie is sleeping and Simon is searching weather patterns. I could have sworn we were shedding tears as one. But I guess it’s just me. This morning I was in Southern California wearing [...]