Hit and Miss

Hit and Miss #330: So, we made it

December 31, 2023

Whew. I’m writing you today from our living room, A in my lap, T in the other room. It wasn’t what we’d planned for the week—today, I was meant to be on a...

Hit and Miss #329: Another year’s books

December 24, 2023

Phew, hi! It’s been quite a week—A was sick (better now!), some difficult conversations in and around my extended family (ongoing…), and all kinds of...

Hit and Miss #328: omg me too

December 17, 2023

Hello! Much like Sameer, I’m finding myself with little to say before the links these days. So, in addition to encouraging you to go read Sameer’s (frankly...

Hit and Miss #327: Hoorah for “blank time”

December 10, 2023

Hullo! A good Sunday to you :) It’s been a good week—I was, unusually, somewhat on the ball in getting up when I meant to; it makes a huge change in the day,...

Hit and Miss #326: Bring on the winter of (inter)dependence

December 3, 2023

This morning, T and I sat in the den, me reading and her knitting, as snow peacefully but steadily fell, filling the roads, paths, and trees around us with a...

Hit and Miss #325: Independent living depends on a healthy land

November 26, 2023

It’s been a good weekend—full of the right activities, in the right proportion. T and I are rewatching Ted Lasso for probably the fifth time while hosting...

Hit and Miss #324: Responding to change (links on)

November 19, 2023

After a very days-and-nights-busy work week, it was nice to have things a bit more normal this week. T and I are getting ready to host our first overnight...

Hit and Miss #323: Change for thee, but not for me?

November 12, 2023

It’s been a very full week! We hosted our first few meals in the new place—none fancy, but we’re not particularly fancy people anyhow. We also got in some...

Hit and Miss #322: Maintenance before a busy week

November 5, 2023

Good morning! Yesterday was one of those lovely “maintenance” days. Both in the broadest sense—getting groceries, making sauce for the week ahead, going for...

Hit and Miss #321: Finishing things

October 29, 2023

Another weekend of juggling too many things—one day I’ll be sensible about what I can actually accomplish in a day, a year, a life! There’s a long list from...

Hit and Miss #320: Home (anew)

October 22, 2023

Whew. It’s been a week—a month—a season—a year. Fall’s a third over, but it’s flown by. A month ago we returned from Japan, and turned in short order to...

Hit and Miss #319: Old standbys

October 15, 2023

Hello! Things have been quite busy here the last few weeks, but the end is in sight, with quieter, calmer days ahead. T suggested—whether she realized it or...

Hit and Miss #318: Port season

October 8, 2023

Was feeling down today—a rainy weekend, a Thanksgiving in Ottawa instead of with family (but for very good reasons!), distressing imagery and news from...

Hit and Miss #317: Old favourites in a time of change

October 1, 2023

Hello from a mostly-not-jet-lagged Lucas! It was quite a time adjusting to Ontario, uh, time, but I far preferred being awake early to always wanting to...

Hit and Miss #316: Home from Japan

September 24, 2023

Hello! T and I are back from a few weeks in Japan. Mindboggling to write that, not least because my brain’s in another timezone and suffering from...

Hit and Miss #315: Untitled pt. 2

September 17, 2023

Hello! In the midst of vacation, trying to channel Rach Smith’s “no inputs day”. It’s… hard! Changing context helps, of course, but those inputs are always...

Hit and Miss #314: Untitled pt. 1

September 10, 2023

Thank you to everyone who wrote in about my break email last week. I’ll likely keep going, but relieve myself of the stress of titling these posts for the...

Hit and Miss #313: Break?

September 3, 2023

Hello! Ah, September—what a pleasure! Though it’s been a while since the academic year shaped my life, I’m still keenly aware of it—the rhythm of thirds has...

Hit and Miss #312: Enjoy those cool evenings

August 27, 2023

Folks! The evenings are cool and the mornings crisp! Fall is coming! This is not a drill!! Very full days behind and ahead of us—with some exciting news to...

Hit and Miss #311: “Low risk”

August 20, 2023

Folks, I took that advice I shared in the last two issues—Mandy Brown’s energy makes time—and hoo boy does it ever work! Spent the afternoon in the woodshop...