*miserychick is actually happy

Two weeks ago (although it now feels like forever ago) – I took a trip to Calgary to visit Mark who was working on-site for the whole month of February. And to celebrate the occasion that was both our birthdays, valentine’s day, chinese new year’s day and Canada family day – we paused work for [...]

(this is the #1 image result when you google for ‘birthday‘. says a lot about our culture. or maybe it doesn’t.) Happy Birthday Dad. Happy Birthday Julie. Happy Birthday Ana. Happy Birthday Jen. Happy Birthday Vivienne. Happy Birthday Mom. Happy Birthday Andy. Happy Birthday Dad. Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone. Happy Birthday Little Sister. Happy Birthday [...]

I’ve been to several artist talks here in Toronto, and one of the questions from the audience that almost never failed to get asked is how the artist funds their work. Which, I find, is a rather personal question to ask after you’ve just listened to the artist talked passionately about his/her work for an [...]

It’s funny how nothing tastes that good when you’re eating by yourself, even if it’s the exact same thing you’d make if there was just another person around.

This little yellow post-it note was folded in half and resting on the street car seat I was about to take on my morning commute. The words ‘in Canada’ was facing up so I picked it up to read the whole thing. Whoever or whatever the situation this was meant for, I find this little [...]