Flashing Palely in the Margins

My mom retired earlier this year, and last week, they hosted a retirement party for her.

A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past two months.

Just as you enter Chatham-Kent, they rise into the sky.

For most of my adult life, my fridge had been pristine, with nothing adorning the front doors or the side panel.

This weekend, we celebrate.

Below, a quick roundup of a few of the things I learned over the past few months.

A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past two months.

The Knicks won!

For a four-year span starting in 2020, Canada Post told stories about its stamps.

Our pool has a solar heater.

The spring has been filled with rain and a pervasive chill; the winter refuses to release its grasp on us this year.

A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past two months.

This past Christmas, L got me a copy of Zaynab Issa’s recent cookbook, Third Culture Cooking.

Below, a quick roundup of a few of the things I learned over the past few months.

Over the past week, I’ve had the chance to run into, and connect with, people I haven’t seen in decades.

This has been going viral across the internet, so you’ve probably seen it already, but it would be remiss for me not to share it: De La Soul did an NPR Tiny Desk Concert on March 3.

A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past two months.

So there’s a blog question challenge going around — I discovered it from Gabz — and mostly because I just can’t think of things to blog about these days, I thought I’d answer these questions and see where they take me.

On my 44th birthday, I went out for tacos for lunch, stopped by a conservatory and admired some plants and a giant koi, had chili dogs (one of my favorite things in the world to eat) for dinner, and then had ice cream sundaes with a homemade peanut butter…

As of this week, we have been living in London for ten years.

One afternoon this past week, the sun was shining and there was a light wind blowing across the neighborhood.

There were a few months, last year, when I couldn’t walk for a hundred meters without losing my breath.

There’s a line in Train Dreams when someone tells the main character—played with grace and aplomb by Josh Edgerton—clearly: “Hey, you better hold on to something.”

Small moments that brought me some joy in 2025: Watching Zoya pet the goats at Maplewood Farm Checking out the lights at VanDusen Botanical Gardens Going to see Cirque du Soleil Watching Zoya’s winter dance recital Eating “baguette dinners” with L featuri…

A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past month.

Below, a quick roundup of a few of the things I learned over the past few months.

It’s not easy to capture why certain kinds of media speaks to you, and why some just refuse to stick.

And so we come to the end of the year.

Just over a month ago, we spent a week in Italy: a little celebratory trip full of sightseeing, relaxation, and great food.

A quick look at the movies, television shows, music, and books that have captured my attention over the past month.

Somewhere in my parents’ basement, hidden away by other boxes and crates, is a small box of ephemera from my childhood and youth.

I’ve seen a few of my internet friends (Gabz, Amit) do this little blog post prompt, so I thought I’d try it myself, especially since I haven’t posted anything here in a long time.