Remember this fiasco back in January when I accidentally locked myself out of the house? My former property manager (Serbian, I think?) saved my hide, along with my neighbour who drove me to fetch the key from the office in the middle of winter and lent me a coat so I wouldn’t freeze that night.
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This week I’ve been finishing off the candies that the Japanese tourists gave to me for tourguiding them around Toronto before we all flew to Vancouver on July 5. I’ve never had candies quite like this before, but only the first package has English on it so the second package remains a mystery. One thing [...]

I went to a BFO reunion today. It was, in a word, hard — for all sorts of reasons. I brought my camera and had planned to take more photos, but I only took this one. Aside from a bit of motion blur (James was playing, after all), it didn’t turn out too badly.
It’s been [...]

(I ruined my own surprise today, by accident. More on this in a bit.)
Thank you, Siobhan! I’m sorry Canada Post took so long to deliver it, but it is no less appreciated and it’s still a happy surprise!
Illustration by Relentlesstoil.

I just got these tonight and look how many I scoffed already! Someone who’s staying with me flew in from Germany tonight, and my request was for marzipan. You’d think it’s been ages since I’ve had any, but it’s been only a couple of months since Iris sent me a batch of marzipan through the [...]

I picked up my Christmas present from my brother today… and excellent timing, too, as I’m getting around to editing the Stanley Park Christmas train videos with the kids in Vancouver. There’s also a big digital pile of videos that haven’t been edited at all. And, of course, there are lots of Toronto Short Film [...]

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On Wednesday, I returned to the corner where I took this picture the day before. I printed it off at home and brought it with me to work to give to the man on the street corner at lunchtime. I had no idea if he was going to be there again, but there he [...]

It wasn’t for me. It was, presumably, for a homeless person who frequents this bench.
One reason why I always carry a camera with me is because it makes me look at things I otherwise wouldn’t give a second glance. Suddenly the world becomes full of these untold stories. I moved the bag a little to [...]

My boss strikes again! She gave me a big snowman full of chocolate at Christmas, and then left chocolate eggs for Easter. Mmmm… chocolate=productivity!
I brought Kermit to work on Thursday along with my bags so I could go directly to the airport after work.
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Thanks for the scarf, Holly Yvonne, it’s very versatile!
I wanted to take a break from editing the Cuba photos to send knitting kudos to Holly, who crafted this scarf of scarves for me!
Actually, it’s not cold enough in Toronto right now to use it (I was happy to have it in New York the week [...]