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Hit and Miss #359: Time outside, time well spent

July 21, 2024

Hullo! After a full day working outside—including a while watching our neighbourhood Cooper’s hawk sunning itself on our garden bed cover—T and I took to our...

Hit and Miss #358: An hour writing this newsletter

July 14, 2024

Good morning! We spent a lovely day with friends yesterday, showing them around Rockcliffe and enjoying a BBQ lunch. T and I realized we haven’t spent as...

Hit and Miss #357: Eat your vegetables!

July 7, 2024

Hello! Writing in the midst of a lovely, family- and friends-filled weekend, including time with R+D beside the Ottawa River and a party for T. Tomorrow’s...

Hit and Miss #356: Human-sized places

June 30, 2024

Hello hello! It’s been a delightful long weekend so far. T’s been working, and I’ve been enjoying some quiet time in my own head—mostly puttering away at...

Hit and Miss #355: Mostly complete

June 23, 2024

Happy Sunday! First, I’d like to correct an ambiguity in the opening of last week’s newsletter: where I said “T and I (mostly)” and “SR and I (mostly)” built...

Hit and Miss #354: Sharing in abundance

June 16, 2024

Hello! Following last week, a bunch of planning and enabling, this weekend was for woodworking—and boy has it been fun. Yesterday, T and I (mostly) built a...

Hit and Miss #353: Outdoor meals and Home Depot hauls

June 9, 2024

Hello!! Spent the morning hanging out with SR and T, strolling through Home Depot to pick up some project wood and catching up on life. Yesterday morning was...

Hit and Miss #352: Facing west

June 2, 2024

In the titular story from Watch With Me, there’s a scene in which Tol Proudfoot and his band of neighbourhood characters see a coming storm: still leaves in...

Hit and Miss #351: Running back from Italy

May 26, 2024

Hello! What a week. Since writing you last, T and I have returned from Italy, settled back in at home, and, mere hours ago, T again ran the Ottawa marathon....

Hit and Miss #350: Eat, speak, rest, repeat

May 19, 2024

Hello! Will be brief, today, as we’re enjoying a much needed vacation. The week so far has included sleeping in late, staying up later, enjoying secret pizza...

Hit and Miss #349: Digital reading lessgoooo

May 12, 2024

Hello! Plenty on the go today—the tyranny of small tasks, or whatever it’s called, loads of logistics to do on top of all the normal hopes and aspirations of...

Hit and Miss #348: “Frozen in an uncomfortable slouch”

May 5, 2024

Whew, okay, hi! The day has flown by, and I’m now at the level of energy / willpower where I waste away what’s left of it by falling down internet...

Hit and Miss #347: Grab bag

April 28, 2024

Hullo! It’s been a good weekend—tending to some long in-progress projects, planning some new ones, and trying to do some maintenance around the house. Also,...

Hit and Miss #346: Clean the tabs, share the links

April 21, 2024

Ahhh. That feeling of relief, of deepest contentment. The shoulders unhunch, the jaw unclenches, the body rests. What, dear reader, did I do to earn such...

Hit and Miss #345: Books abound

April 14, 2024

Hello! It’s been a neat week. We hosted my former roommate as she moves back to Ottawa (yay, cool people in Ottawa!)—it was nice to have someone else around,...

Hit and Miss #344: Endless Saturdays

April 7, 2024

Folks, it’s beautiful out! This is not a drill!! I’m sitting in the yard, laptop and cider in hand (different hands, don’t worry), nothing but me and the sun...

Hit and Miss #343: First quarter updates

March 31, 2024

Ahahaha we’re a quarter done the year!? Ooooookay then. Small chronicle of things that’ve happened since the start of the year, to mark time passing, and...

Hit and Miss #342: The usual moves

March 24, 2024

It’s a beautiful spring afternoon (visually, at least), and I’m feeling pretty good with what we’ve done this weekend. It started with stress at so much to...

Hit and Miss #341: Continuing themes

March 17, 2024

Between time-change jet lag, some more responsibilities at work, and a fair bit else on the go, I haven’t yet fully appreciated the “longer days”—I’m so...

Hit and Miss #340: Blackbirds are back

March 10, 2024

Thursday, as T and I walked the Rideau River, I thought I heard that familiar, beloved call, of the red-winged blackbird, back from its winter adventures. I...