October 2014

25 Oct What is personal time?

At 29-years-old, Lena Dunham (creator of HBO's GIRLS and recent memoir author--a memoir at this age? Seriously?) has got it all figured out: 'we're all screwed up and that's ok.' Wow, I'm almost 42 and I only figured this out in the last few years. I assumed I should have come to some epiphany by now; that I should have some things 'straightened-out.' Well, in some ways I have, but new and strange moments of living in 'awkward-city' crop up all the time.

08 Oct Norway for The Holidays

Imagine: cross country skiing along a forest path at night-- with lights. The path gets brighter as it merges into the city streets. Outside bars, dozens of skis resting against a ski rack reveal that...

03 Oct Winery wanderings

02 Oct Grapes and goodies

North of Belleville, a country road that smells of pumpkins, wood smoke and earth, also leads to a slew of wineries. On our first stop, Harwood Winery the grapes were bursting off the vine: harvest time....

02 Oct Prince Edward County road trip

Friends, bike and wine. For a couple of days I get to combine these on a road trip to Prince Edward County, Ontario with a new friend. Every time I see Diana she's dressed in...