I know I said yesterday I'd tell you about some of what World Vision is doing in El Salvador, but right now I'm in a hotel in Sonsonate and the Internet connection is spotty at best. So rather than invest heavily in a lot of text I could lose if the connection drops out, I'll just show you some of … [Read more...]
Introduction to El Salvador
It has been a long day, the twelfth hour of it just winding down now though it feels like I have put in 18 at least. In a good way. There is so much to see, and my enthusiasm for EATING ALL THE THINGS! is tempered by the volume of information I have also been consuming, some of it difficult to … [Read more...]
No Child For Sale
[youtube id="4J1sYC3zM2c"] In the wee hours of Monday morning, I'll be hopping on a plane bound for El Salvador. I'll be tagging along with a photographer and a team from World Vision Canada to learn and write about child labour and World Vision's No Child For Sale campaign. This is an incredible … [Read more...]
Dabbling in Humour.
This little guy is becoming a big boy, every day a bit more. He's recently been playing with humour, and stumbled upon this face. He makes it to make us laugh, and it makes him laugh. These are funny times. I'm looking forward to all the jokes ahead. … [Read more...]
FYI (if you’re a teenage boy)
Dear boys, I have some information that might interest you. Last night, as we sometimes do, our family sat around the dining-room table and looked through your social media photos. We have teenage daughters, and so naturally there are quite a few pictures of you studly gentlemen to wade … [Read more...]
Lucky Boy.
I have the happiest toddler in all the land, at least for tonight. … [Read more...]
33 Acres
I don't know what happened, but all of a sudden Mount Pleasant is getting microbreweries and they're allowed to act like bars and life just improved considerably. British Columbia, with its draconian liquor laws and high taxes, has traditionally been a bit of a buzz kill for those of us who just … [Read more...]
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Blur Lines
You know what? I get Miley Cyrus. I do. I was 20 once, and I spent a lot of time drinking $2 highballs at shitty nightclubs and doing stuff I am super glad was never immortalized on the Internet. Miley's dance moves? I did them first. I was never racially clueless (my major complaint about the Miley … [Read more...]
Pretty City, I Will Love You Forever
Remind me of this in November, when I'm itching to run away to anyplace else. … [Read more...]
Thomas? THOMAS?
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics too much television before age 2 can stunt a kid intellectually and make him suck at life forever. [youtube id="IVTOC2uCbl0"] Also I just want to point out that he did that to my living room. It was clean when he was napping. Also I don't know … [Read more...]
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