I have daughters. I have never raised a boy. I half feared it and half envied it. I recently spent a week with one of my favourite 9 year old artists from the city. This is the first time a boy has come to art camp. Here is what I learned- 1. It is actually possible to never sit … [Read more...]
How Do You Embarrass Your Children?
In the great microcosm of life I call Art Camp, the midgets asked me "What do you do that embarrasses your children, Nancy?" Where to start. Where to start. Then I remembered when they were little one of their favourite books was The Paper Bag Princess. If you remember, she was the ultimate … [Read more...]
good clean fun
Yesterday was a tough but special day - this was a good way to unwind. … [Read more...]
Here’s to you, Dad
me and my dad 1967 "Here's to you As good as you are And here's to me as bad as I am But as good as you are And as bad as I am I am as good as you are As bad as I am" Today is my dad's 80th birthday and for some reason I remember the first gift … [Read more...]
Same old, same old – thoughts on long marriages
I heard a woman say the most amazing thing about the key to a long marriage the other day. "If I spent the rest of my life backpacking through Africa, I would still have so much to discover" Joy Williams This from a new song she recorded called Same Old Same Old~ ‘Same Old Same Old,’ to me, … [Read more...]
HYSTERICAL OFF COLOUR HUMOUR
You think you are distracted or overwhelmed? Take a look [youtube id="4BMUC4Yb4z4"] Hysterical and off colour humour-These are a few of my favourite things … [Read more...]
what do you love most about your parents?
~fabulous cupcake workshop at art camp- thanks to visiting guest EMILY DANZIGER This week my art campers have brought me all kinds of laughter and joy. We have had some major chats. The other night I asked them- What do you love about your parents? 1. "That they do not pretend to … [Read more...]
I am his favourite
I have been thinking about my best friend's dad a lot this summer as he has been unwell. I have been thinking about the debt of gratitude I owe him for raising my best friend. I have been thinking about all the things he has said to me that have stuck so hard with me. "Is the girls' dad … [Read more...]
smarty pants
I was a bit of that crazy 'every moment is a teachable moment' mom with a fat Webster's Dictionary on our breakfast table every morning when my kids were little. We would discuss a word a day. I would write it on this little blackboard and then we would talk about what it … [Read more...]
first rule about marriage- don’t talk about marriage
There is an interesting phenomena when you are married - you don't talk about it to others. If you drink too much and say we never have sex or he sleeps in the basement or we never have any fun or he is lazy or my family hates her or she slept with my best friend or simply we are struggling- it … [Read more...]
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