Hit and Miss

Hit and Miss #170: PolySeSouvient

December 6, 2020

Today’s newsletter is heavier, discussing violence against women. All good if you’re not in the headspace for it. Today is the anniversary of the École...

Hit and Miss #169: Waiting

November 29, 2020

Whew, here we are. The end of November. I hope you’re keeping well. C’est busy, hereabouts. I muddle through by grasping at little routines: the morning...

Hit and Miss #168: Adventuring

November 22, 2020

Hello! I’m off on an adventure this morning, to buy valve oil from a music store in suburban Ottawa. Ah, the joys of living without a car. But I’m excited to...

Hit and Miss #167: For the love of knowledge

November 15, 2020

Shortly after I sent it, the title of last week’s newsletter took on new significance. I wrote “Trivial links” to bring together some different pieces that’d...

Hit and Miss #166: Trivial links

November 8, 2020

Morning! If your week went anything like mine did, there was a lot of refreshing Twitter, scrolling, doing something else, refreshing Twitter, scrolling, etc...

Hit and Miss #165: Blowing hot air

November 1, 2020

A windy Sunday to you! I love intense winds: walking in them, buffeted about, breath catching unexpectedly—what a thrill! I’ll be brief today, as I have some...

Hit and Miss #164: Argh

October 25, 2020

It’s been a heavy week, and the first section of today’s newsletter reflects that—if that’s not for you this week, that’s totally cool. Please skip ahead to...

Hit and Miss #163: On Mi’kmaw waters

October 18, 2020

Sometimes Twitter* seems to turn its attention to one issue. The feed fills with folks discussing something unfolding in real time. These past few days have...

Hit and Miss #162: A sense of perspective

October 11, 2020

Hi! It’s been a weekend full of long walks and calls with family and friends—wonderfully so. I spent the morning rambling among trees, yellow, orange, and...

Hit and Miss #161: Leafing through

October 4, 2020

The last days of September and first few of October are always special ones, but this week especially so. It was filled with anniversaries, birthdays, time...

Hit and Miss #160: Books at hand

September 27, 2020

As stores gradually reopened over the summer, I realized it’d been several months since I’d bought a book. This was probably a good thing—growing the stacks...

Hit and Miss #159: COVID crime

September 20, 2020

A fine Sunday to you! Earlier this week, Ontario announced a new set of “compliance mechanisms” to try to reduce community spread of COVID-19. Billed as “the...

Hit and Miss #158: Rainy morning adventures

September 13, 2020

Hullo! This morning was spent adventuring along Ottawa River paths with a fun group of folks. Trying to respect public health measures while not spending...

Hit and Miss #157: Maintenance, care, attention

September 6, 2020

Good morning! It’s been a quiet week for me, filled with walking and reading. I’ve been happily in my own head—but am looking forward to emerging and re-...

Hit and Miss #156: Week in review

August 30, 2020

Good afternoon! The morning: I’ve been back in Ottawa less than a day, and I’ve already walked 12 km. I feel like Craig Mod after a long walk—refreshed,...

Hit and Miss #155: TV time and world-building

August 23, 2020

No, you spent two and a half hours diving into digitized microfilm this morning instead of, I dunno, enjoying the sunshine or something. (If you’re curious,...

Hit and Miss #154: Remembering (how) to relax

August 16, 2020

Friday afternoon, I wrapped up work and began my longest stretch of time off since 2017. It started with driving country roads to a windy fish and chips...

Hit and Miss #153: Roads

August 9, 2020

Yesterday was a driving day, so naturally I’m thinking about roads. Antidote, my dictionary app of choice, tells me that “road” is “from the native lexical...

Hit and Miss #152: Rainy day thoughts

August 2, 2020

I put two ice cubes in my glass fifteen minutes ago, and they're only half melted. That’s a good sign—the temperatures this morning are reasonable (indeed,...

Hit and Miss #151: Some links

July 26, 2020

Hullo! I’m trying to not over-do the computer time today, so I’ll just send along some links. How does civic tech (in the broadest sense of the term)...