February is almost over. It can’t happen soon enough as far as I’m concerned. Despite being the shortest month, it always tends to be a hard one for me. The weather is grey, wet, cold and miserable to the point that I feel I must be growing mouldy. Spring still seems a long way off, even though I know...
Frequent visits to the Asian grocery are one of the perks of living in our new loft in Brussels. I’ve just returned from such a trip with two full bags of goodies for 30 euro. Mostly though it’s the fun of exploring the aisles that I enjoy. I never know quite what I’m going to...
If you’ve ever been to one of our Belgian homes, you’ve probably noticed that just about everything we own is from IKEA. The main reason for this was that it was cheap and we needed furniture in a hurry. I’ve always felt a bit concerned about the disposability of IKEA furniture though. It’s not like...
Ok, I know I just said in the last post that I would be posting all of my photography related news on my Photoblog site however I have something pretty exciting (for me anyway) to share with you. Until now my main outlets for my photography have been either print sales via Redbubble or stock...
I apologise in advance that this post is going to be scattered. It’s reflecting the state my brain has been in all week. We arrived back in Brussels Monday at about noon. We left San Francisco Sunday at 8:30 am (meaning we were up at 5). It was a brutal travel day and consequently I am still suffering from...
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Jan 20, 2009 • Comments Closed I’m sitting in a hotel room in San Mateo, California. I’ve just finished watching President Obama’s inauguration. It’s the first presidential inauguration I’ve ever bothered watching and I must say I was very moved by the President’s speech. As a Canadian I can’t help but be at least interested in what happens in the United States politically. My country is...
Andrew and I have been lending through Kiva for over a year now. We’ve made 10 loans, 6 of which have been paid back in full while the remaining are in process. A few people now have asked me about Kiva. This morning I saw this video, made by an actual Kiva lender who became...
