Cheers to village living! After a short flight from Lagos to Owerri, Chuck and I were greeted at the airport to be escorted to his home village of Okpofe in Imo State. For the next six days, we stayed in his family’s compound, which was a surprising delight. Like cabin life, but in extreme heat … [Read more]
Look up, way up, that’s where you’ll find us walking over the jungle canopy. In November 2021, my partner Chuck and I spent a morning at the Lekki Conservation Centre where they have seven suspension bridges that make up “The Longest Canopy Walkway in Africa.” SEVEN! I gotta tell you, suspension bridges don’t usually freak me out, … [Read more]
On a balmy Wednesday morning in November 2021, while staying in Victoria Island, Lagos, we visited the Nigerian National Museum. The museum was rich with artifacts from the three main tribes of Nigeria: Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo (my partner Chuck’s people). We saw a variety of masquerade outfits, the types of huts by tribe and … [Read more]
Way back in 2018 — oh, remember those glory days before corona — I meant to share a bit about our adventure along the Atlantic Coast while we were road tripping through Newfoundland. I had posted about our trip then, but I mostly left out our journey to the ruggedly beautiful Witless Bay Ecological Reserve … [Read more]
Hello friends! It’s been a minute on here. That’s because I started a new job last fall and I’ve been absorbed in it ever since. If you know me personally, you probably know I have worked in digital spaces, specifically in content marketing and social media for quite awhile. But last year, I decided to … [Read more]
My watercolour painting career? It’s been a minute. (Five years of minutes to be exact.) But with the time I’ve had over the past year, I started it back up. I mainly painted florals and landscapes in the past, but lately, I’ve been having fun with pop-culture-y things/moments. Here are a few of the completed … [Read more]
Let’s face it, for the most part — and I mean REALLY REALLY most part — 2020 sucks bags of dirt. Big bags of stinky, grimy, dirt. As Muhammad Ali once said: “The year floated in like a bull in a china shop and stung like not only a bee, but a wasp and a … [Read more]
I miss hugs, i miss human interaction, i miss gathering with my community
The last few years have been hectic. HECK-TIC! My partner Chuck and I have been furiously renovating our new home, figuring out how to parent teenagers and also figuring out how to cohabitate with each other. That left very little room to ponder and write about my trip to Italy with my sister Sherri. But … [Read more]
Last night, I was watching the Stingray Retro channel, like I do, when this music video came on… Classic. And when the video credits appeared I almost fell out of my chair! Look at that date! Really? 2003??? That song is from 2003? That’s 17 years ago! Jesus, I didn’t think it was that old. … [Read more]
Chuck loves goats. If you know him, you know this about him. They are like his favourite animals. He follows 100% Goats, because they guarantee 200% goats. And in late summer of 2019, we decided to spend our vacation following a few different kind of GOATs. And it was 1000% worth it. U.S. Open Our … [Read more]
So we’re all watching all-the-things lately as we deal with being cooped up at home during a pandemic. One channel that is a current favourite in our house is Stingray Retro, especially the Please Rewind program. The channel touts itself as “your source to relive the golden age of music videos.” But was it the … [Read more]
Chuck and I bought a house! In the spring of 2018, we finally bit the bullet and started looking for a house together. We wanted an older home not far from the city centre as we both had houses in the West End and loved the convenience of the area. After a lot of looking, … [Read more]
In early June, we embarked on our latest Canadian road trip, this time to the furthest eastern part of North America: Newfoundland. This was our last province to tackle together, we’ve road tripped to and from every single province in this country and we think we left the best ’til last. However, this country is so large and vast in its … [Read more]
“Could we have a day?” That was my mom asking my sister and me if we could spend a full day touring Maui together on our last family vacation. We were completely taken aback that she even felt the need to ask. Of course we “could have a day,” there was nothing we were looking forward to … [Read more]
