Almost 2024! For my final post of the year, here are a few things that I consider highlights of 2023: California Balboa Classic (January) This is one of the largest balboa events that happens each year and we had such a fun time that right now I feel like I would like to attend every …
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77: 2023 Tracking
I usually like to do a few year-end posts so I can review all the things I’ve been tracking and look at the results. For this year, I did things a little bit differently and I’m going to combine a couple of posts in one, so here is my “Things I Bought” and my “Best …
76: (Belated) Fall Catch-Up
I found this blog post I wrote in October and then didn’t post! Happy belated fall, everyone. Somehow it’s already October and I haven’t posted anything in over four months. I think this may be my last year of blogging, after my year-end roundups, which I enjoy so much. We had a fun and hectic …
75: Almost Summer
I know it’s not officially summer yet, but it sure feels like it is. We went dancing at the Kits Showboat last night and it was glorious as usual. About a month ago, there was a fire at the Showboat and we were all scared that we would lose our summers of free dancing at …
74: Extraordinary 2023
2023 is already almost 2 months in so I guess it’s clear that blogging is not at the top of my list of priorities this year. There is, of course, a list of priorities, and I do plan to continue posting somewhat regularly, but I’m not making any promises about the frequency. First, let’s get …
73: Best Books of 2022
During the first half of 2022, I was feeling like this was not a great year for books for me. I read a lot of mediocre stuff and I was starting to wonder if I had lost my love of reading, but every so often a really good one did come along to remind me …
72: 2022 Roundup
It’s almost the end of the year so I guess it’s time for my annual “Things I Bought” post. Fun! This year is my 4th year of tracking all the things I have bought. Over the years, I have changed the definition of what goes on the list. The first year it was any products/physical …
71: Birthday Week
It’s the first day of my birthday week off! This is a favourite tradition of mine; I take a week off with no big projects on the schedule and just indulge in doing whatever I feel like. This week’s plans include tomorrow night’s Jazz Cats Social event, plus between 3 and 7 more live jazz …
70: Fall Plans
It has been super rainy for the last few days (with an atmospheric river on the way), and today is the first day off I’ve had in months that has zero appointments or tasks scheduled. Finally, I am getting that fall feeling that I love so much. It’s belated this year due to ridiculously long-lasting …
69: Pentastic Returns!
After 2 years off, we went back to Penticton last weekend for the Pentastic Hot Jazz and Music Festival. It was everything we remembered plus more that we had forgotten about in the meantime. I made a real effort leading up to the event this year to try to recruit more swing dancers to come …
Dancing In Irreverence 