I don’t really want to write about my kid. I think he should be the narrator of his own life, not the subject of my anecdotes. And “mommy blogger” is an ugly word when you’ve busted your ass to become a “journalist” or “contributing writer” or whatever it is that I actually am. That said,…
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Stopping to Celebrate: the Crankworx 10th Anniversary Anthology
So, that window of time in which I should have been learning how to express milk, bottle-feed, attempt early weaning etc? I was busy compiling an anthology of Crankworx’ greatest moments. (Think: nap-time meets triple espresso-fuelled heart palpitations.) Meaning that, when the event itself rolled around and an invitation pinged into my in-box to attend…
Sherpas Cinema prepares to strike again with Into the Mind
Earlier this summer, I had the chance to check in with Sherpas Cinema’s Dave Mossop, for a story about world-famous sherpas for a new coffee table book coming out from the Mountain Life crew, the Mountain Life Annual. Mossop was wrapping up 2 years of filming for the Sherpas’ next opus, Into the Mind, preparing for…
Things I Covet: Leon Lebeniste’s Le Garde Bike Rack
In the winter, I interviewed Louis-Phillipe Leonard, co-founder and marketing manager for Leon Lebeniste, for an article in about-to-land Coast Mountain Culture magazine. Now that summer’s here, and I’m man-handling my bike onto its wall hooks in the garage after every ride, I’m coveting their signature bike rack even more. Here’s the story behind…
The Unbearable Fleetness of Being
7000 photos later, I have a 7 week old baby. (Apparently, he crossed over from being a newborn to being a regular garden variety baby at the 6 week mark, a milepost we came upon like rally car drivers, speed-whipped and vaguely stunned, leaning hard into the next turn.) There is a new quality to…
Progress Report: the 3 Item To Do List
A 50-item list, no matter how helpful or authoritative it purports to be, is about, oh, 47 entries too long to be useful… Keep it to 3. The Power of Lists: Productivity’s Secret Weapon. So, how’s that coming? Hmm. Thought as much.
The Power of Lists: Productivity’s Secret Weapon
When my father-in-law first left us in Home Renovation Wilderness, he was worried. But he had to let us fall out of the nest on our own, so he distilled all his worry and advice to this: Every day, make a to-do list. Start it fresh, every single day. On a clean sheet of paper….
The Only 3 Things You Need to Survive Pregnancy
The Passenger is still on-board, so technically I haven’t survived pregnancy yet, but 260 days into this gestation-thing, I’ve distilled it down to this: surviving pregnancy doesn’t require any more gratuitous advice from any more well-meaning self-declared (“I’ve had a baby/been pregnant/read a book, so I know all there is to know”) experts. So I’ll…
Why Someone Should Tell Will and Kate that a Ski Resort is a Great Place for a Babymoon
At approximately 34 weeks, the gestating woman enters what could otherwise be termed the “holy shit” phase of her pregnancy… as in: “holy shit, only 6 weeks to go,” or “holy shit, that’s the size of a newborn baby’s head?” or “holy shit, this is really happening, isn’t it?” or “holy shit, could you get…
Labours of Love: An interview about craft with Leon Lebeniste
I recently had the chance to profile the design wizards – Louis-Philippe Leonard and Jon Hewitt – behind the Squamish woodworking and finish carpentry studio, Leon Lebeniste, for the upcoming summer issue of Coast Mountain Culture… and we digressed into a conversation about labours of love and honouring the life-force with our work. Co-founder Jon…
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