Living large in a small village
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 [Read more]
Author: Kirsten Neil
A walk above the trees
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 [Read more]
Discovering Naija’s vibrant roots
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 [Read more]
The beauty and the birds of Witless Bay
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 [Read more]
A new line of work
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 [Read more]
Pop goes the easel!
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 [Read more]
Byeeee 2020. Let the door hit you on the way out
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 [Read more]
I miss
I miss hugs, i miss human interaction, i miss gathering with my community, engaging with them face-to-face, and i miss [Read more]
Eat, grieve, love. Remembering how beautiful life is in Italy
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 [Read more]
Yikes. That’s how old?
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 [Read more]
Chasing GOATs, a sports pilgrimage for two
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 [Read more]
Please Rewind: The weirdly fun world of terrible 80s music videos
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, [Read more]
Reviving a former beauty
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 [Read more]
On the road again: How to plan a memorable road trip
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 [Read more]
Do things with your mom
"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 [Read more]
