• Tummies filled, we left the restaurant after a good meal and decided to take a slow and leisurely walk back toward the hotel. It’s likely that a satisfying meal lifted our spirits a little, because when I re-scanned these negatives, I was somehow remembering that the temperatures had become a…

  • No, the title isn’t a self-critique: we’re entering a January warm spell! This means snow, sleet, and slush. We’re a bit messy here in Centretown. Still, given how often I’ve complained about this year’s cold, the temperatures that are making the slushy mess possible are more comfortable than the deeper…

  • When we planned our 2024 summer vacation, we chose mid-June because, and I quote myself, “It won’t be *too* hot yet. Toronto becomes mostly unbearable in July and especially August!” It turns out that nature, as it so often does, intended to make a complete fool of me. We boarded…