He and I were the most unlikely of couples and I’ve no doubt friends and family were putting odds on how long we would last.
Category: At home with the WI64s
My pandemic birthday
A young man I’m fond of turned 10 last week. It was a weird birthday by most standards: just back from the States he, his sister and mom were in isolation and mom was sick. She rallied to lay on a favourite meal but there was no party, no noisy gathering of little boys in…
Pandemic hair and a socially distant reality
I need a haircut. I’m a couple weeks away from taking things in my own hands with sewing shears and I figure grey roots will have made an appearance by then too. But a seat in my beloved Drake’s styling chair is a metre too close for us both in a social distancing era. This…
Rogue underwear and food theft: raising Herbert
So here’s a question: how do you get Imperial cheese out of the carpet? You know the stuff. Sharp. Orange. Spreadable. Comes in a red tub and is meant for Christmas entertaining. Mr WI64 gave it a sneaky test taste this morning, left the plastic tub on the counter and now the tub has tooth…
My kitchen reveal
You convinced me; each of you who wrote following my kitchen reno post saying, essentially, what are you thinking? a kitchen reno without a dishwasher? you need to rethink this. But dishwashing is a writing zone for me. Hands in water, mind running to ideas that would not have otherwise found me. Find another muse,…
Reno day. And I should be organizing.
I’ve often read about the importance of giving gratitude to balance your psyche and give perspective. So today, I’m expressing gratitude for friends who have it together and know how to organize. Cabinet maker Tom comes today. The kitchen reno starts tonight. Everything must go. I’ve been dunging the place out all week and passersby…
Pending: a new look for my happy old kitchen
A couple generations have bemoaned my lack of a dishwasher.
When I'm 64 