Last weekend we were supposed to be back in Penticton for the Pentastic Jazz Festival but, of course, it was cancelled this year. I was trying to remember when the last time we went away was and I guess it must have been for my 40th birthday last November. 10 months ago! Needless to say, …
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42: Trial Retirement
I’ve been mostly unemployed for about 5 months now. I’m amazed that it’s been that long actually, though I’m not really sure whether it feels like it’s been more or less time than that. Lately, I haven’t been as intent on making good use of every minute like I was trying to at first, but …
41: COVID-era Live Jazz
The hardest part about trying to post at least once or twice a month is that I have to keep track of time. I have been pretty good at remembering what day of the week it is because I still have weekends – that’s when Michel’s home, but the time just flies by and I …
38: Local Take-Out
Inspired by our brunch-blogging friends Catie and Dave at Late for Breakfast, Early for Lunch, I thought I would do a post about where we’ve been eating while we’ve been mostly staying home. We like food and we like to support local businesses, so it’s a win-win. Our new routine is actually pretty similar to …
Week 26: A Year of Not Buying Things
I like to make goals for myself each year. I try to have some that are career-related, some that are health-related or self-improvement type things, some just personal goals. It varies year to year depending on where I’m at. For 2019, I had a goal to “Buy no more things” and this post is about …
Week 23: Best Books of 2019
As I mentioned last week, I read a lot. So far this year I’ve finished 44 books, plus I’m midway through 2 more right now. I have always loved reading but it fell out of my routine while I was in school, so a few years ago I made a conscious effort to bring it …
Week 19: Reflections on Public Transit
I have been a regular transit-user for most of my life, so with a bus strike on the horizon, I thought it would make for a timely topic for this week’s post. I haven’t really been keeping very close tabs on the details of where things are at, but it will definitely affect me if …
Week 12: Glen Rambles
I’m a little behind schedule this week, but with good reason! I had to work on my usual blogging day in order to take yesterday and today off for a mini-vacation to Seattle to see Glen Hansard at the Moore Theatre. I have mentioned this trip to enough people over the last few months to …
Week 10: Pentastic Weekend (pt 1)
This weekend, for the second year in a row, I attended the Pentastic Hot Jazz and Music Festival in Penticton. This event has been taking place for 23 years and is a super fun time. Starting on Friday afternoon and going until Sunday afternoon, there are 5 bands playing in 5 different venues around the …
Week 9: Going Dutch
This week’s blog is a crossover post with our best brunchmates, Catie and Dave, from Late for Breakfast, Early for Lunch. This long weekend they are in town for some swing dancing-related activities, and we felt it was important to get a brunch in, so we’re back at Angelina’s, our go-to breakfast spot. As mentioned …
Dancing In Irreverence 