being not doing

The first pie before it went into the oven (after which it didn’t last long enough for more pictures!).
In preparation for hosting our family Christmas this year, I baked and froze two tourtières for Christmas Eve. Although the pies are the traditional French-Canadian Christmas Eve meal, and I am in fact French-Canadian, I mostly [...]

View of the falls from the Maid of the Mist plaza.
We’re back from our Midwest driving tour, having celebrated with both families and made brief stop at Niagara Falls in between parties. We also appear to have recovered from the head cold we contracted in Niagara and passed between us for a couple of [...]

Our rings, made for us by Cynthia Corio-Poli.
Today we leave for our ten day wedding celebration trip, during which time we drive first to Rhode Island and then to Ontario to celebrate our May wedding with our respective families. We’ll be offline for most of that time, as we eat hummus, drink rosé, and [...]

Last weekend’s trip to Ontario turned out to be excellent for seeing both grandparents and new life birds. Although we only had a short time to catch up with family in each location, the need to drive from place to place was well-suited for nipping off the road and catching sight of Ontario’s winter [...]

But whenever I’m honest, something in me / still looks for fresh water that feels like the sea. — Carrie Newcomer
standing on the southernmost tip of Canada
When I was a kid, I used to go to the beach at Point Pelée nearly every summer with my grandparents. I didn’t swim in the ocean until [...]