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photo of Corktown marsh with a view of River City

Corktown Marsh

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This is one of the few spots in Toronto where I feel relatively whole. I am (and have been) so many things in my life that I often feel fragmented rather than complete. This place… 

beam us up

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We have had issues with a rotted sill plate at the side of our house. The time has come to tackle it. Glad to have found the right folks to do it. This is the… 

Pause

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I’ve been either sick or overworked or both for weeks. It may be an illusion, but I feel pretty calm this morning and enjoying a pause on the patio at Sumach Espresso. Will have to… 

photo of new pavement and paint on Shuter Street

shiny

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pretty excited about the spiffy new road in front of my house.

on the road

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I wish. Just watching the road. It’s a break from just looking at things in my room. The ongoing road reconstruction on Shuter Street proceeds and more asphalt was the order of the day. Kinda… 

on the water

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Back up to Palmer Rapids for the Labour Day weekend. Unfortunately, I fell sick on Saturday night, but Liam and my Dad (and everyone else) paddled on Sunday too.

Hmm

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Pisco

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Liam turned 20 today and he went to Jumbo Empanada in Kensington Market to bring home his favourite food in the city. I made him a Pisco Sour with my brand new Peychaud’s bitters. Happy… 

Plus 4

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A late change to the road plan here on Shuter Street means that at Sumach we’re getting an extra 4 feet transferred from the road to the sidewalk. I’m quite pleased. Combined with the new… 

A small coffee on a bench in front of a backhoe digging up a road

Roads

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I’ve been pretty frazzled by the ongoing road work by my house, but, compared to the naseau-inducing compactor that ran for ages yesterday afternoon making me wish I could be anywhere else, sitting and drinking…