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Hit and Miss #420: Welcome fall

September 21, 2025

Hello! The change of season feels solidly here, but looking forward to formally welcoming the fall tomorrow. Full weekend of visiting still ahead, so just...

Hit and Miss #419: Eight years of bits and bobs

September 14, 2025

Hello! Spent thirty minutes picking tomatoes in the dense backyard jungle of plants, looking carefully for all the red ones. Then, having exhausted one spot,...

Hit and Miss #418: Whither the warmth

September 7, 2025

Today’s title is not about the rapid fading of the summer’s heat—though thank goodness for that—but instead about the unpredictable ways climate change will...

Hit and Miss #417: Cottage time

August 31, 2025

There’s a different pace at a cottage, time and energy moving in their own way. Stay up until 1, staring into the fire? Sure. Breakfast at noon, lunch at 5,...

Hit and Miss #416: August 2025, pt. 4

August 24, 2025

It’s been a wonderfully slow morning, naturally waking early, enjoying a sudden rainfall, and puttering in the morning as family moved about. We hosted for a...

Hit and Miss #415: August 2025, pt. 3

August 18, 2025

(Apologies for the delayed send on this one—Buttondown, the platform I use to send this newsletter, needed a day off! Honestly, relatable. Thanks to all who...

Hit and Miss #414: Material intelligence

August 10, 2025

The other day, I was cutting bread and cheese for sandwiches. I found myself imagining jigs I could make out of wood to ease the task (to ensure a consistent...

Hit and Miss #413: August 2025, pt. 1

August 3, 2025

Smack in the middle of an up-and-down long weekend. Mostly up, really, just some bleh feelings today that led to the usual mood spiral. But doing better now,...

Hit and Miss #412: Cake math

July 27, 2025

Say it’s Friday after a long week, a week that was more of a rollercoaster than you’d anticipated1, and a Friday that itself had some unexpected twists to...

Hit and Miss #411: Cicadas calling

July 20, 2025

We brought some sheets in from the line yesterday; on going to fold them this morning, T found a large cicada nestled in one of them. Now, I’ve been hearing...

Hit and Miss #410: Communing with good souls

July 13, 2025

Mm, humid summer is here. I shook my head incredulously at the heat warning posted Friday, which said the incoming heat could linger until Thursday—surely...

Hit and Miss #409: Back to… normal? (back to links)

July 6, 2025

Whew, the wild weeks have continued. We were right to be cautiously optimistic last week, as this week had another few vet visits—but things the last few...

Hit and Miss #408: Deeply grateful

June 29, 2025

It has been quite a week. First, an update on Arthur: he is doing (relatively) well. It’s been a rollercoaster you wish you could get off, with a dramatic...

Hit and Miss #407: Comfort in community

June 22, 2025

This week’s update is a heavy one. Our cat Arthur has been at the animal hospital since early yesterday, and will be there until at least tomorrow. He had a...

Hit and Miss #406: Fairalysis paralysis

June 15, 2025

A recent episode of the Paul Wells Show discussed “who talks to government”, through a panel consisting of a public-policy-oriented academic (Taylor Owen), a...

Hit and Miss #405: Life as good as a cat’s

June 8, 2025

Hello! Arthur is scarfing down his dinner, seated somewhat upright as he eats from a bowl elevated on a stand I built, modelled after one we saw in Japan....

Hit and Miss #404: Not found (ha, as if!)

June 1, 2025

Hello from dreary Ottawa, where it’s somehow June but certainly doesn’t feel like it. (The heat is coming, which I dislike even more than damp cold, so I...

Hit and Miss #403: (🚲 > 👟) < 🍕

May 25, 2025

What a delightful weekend of community in Ottawa. Yesterday morning, we walked over to the Great Glebe Garage Sale. There, we intentionally ran into one...

Hit and Miss #402: May your week smell like beautiful flowers

May 18, 2025

Mm, what an excellent time of year. When thinking of favourite seasons, the fall used to be the only one that came to mind. Now, though, spring is right...

Hit and Miss #401: Got energy, got mood, got links

May 11, 2025

These are some of the best weeks. During the day, you can be outside almost indefinitely, enjoying the excitement of all living things, human, plant, and...