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The Travellers
On the second day of Christmas, my true loves gave to me: two U.S. passports and a mushy brain with no memory Mere days after I concluded that I did not, in fact, have a ‘big’ family, we w… more →
J is for Jenerous
The Travellers
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nyj wrote 3 days ago: On the second day of Christmas, my true loves gave to me: two U.S. passports and a mushy brain with … more →
Lies and the lying liars
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nyj wrote 1 month ago: There’s something not quite right about having three boy-people of various sizes in one’ … more →
Looks like we made it
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nyj wrote 3 months ago: Dear Calgary, We’ve been together a year now. And what a year it has been: tattered world econ … more →
The greatest show on earth
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nyj wrote 5 months ago: Mention you live in Calgary and the number one response will be: ‘Oh, Stampede?! Have you been … more →
(In)dependence Week
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nyj wrote 5 months ago: It’s red and white (and blue) week this week, what with Canada Day and Independence Day just t … more →
Dessert and Apples
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nyj wrote 7 months ago: I can’t say I’ve pinpointed a vast amount of cultural differences slash language barrier … more →
Calgary Bar None
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nyj wrote 8 months ago: One nasty side effect of our trip to Seattle – besides a serious disdain for being in the car … more →
The Best and Worst of Calgary, continued
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nyj wrote 9 months ago: Nearly seven months into living in Alberta, and having endured (nay, continuing to endure) my first … more →
Yeah its Hockey Day Eh.
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jsj wrote 9 months ago: So some things seem completely unnecessary to me. Like Boss’ Day, the layers of packaging on k … more →
Family Day and The Winter of our Discontent
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nyj wrote 9 months ago: It has been a long weekend of contrived observances. G didn’t have preschool yesterday. I didn … more →
Becoming a Canadian
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nyj wrote 9 months ago: After we moved to Calgary, I searched somewhat intently for ‘things’ that distinguished … more →
Sunday Family
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nyj wrote 10 months ago: A few days ago I started reading a book about Alice Waters and her restaurant Chez Panisse. Even tho … more →
Saturday Family
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nyj wrote 10 months ago: I don’t know if the Johnson household is suffering from a touch of SAD (Seasonal Affective Dis … more →
Letter to Calgary
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nyj wrote 10 months ago: Dear City of Calgary I realize it’s a faux-pas bordering on rudeness – moving to a new t … more →
And we will all go up, together
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nyj wrote 11 months ago: The driveway leading from the main road to G’s preschool is paved without any good intentions. … more →
Salutations gone awry
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nyj wrote 12 months ago: On the seventh day of Christmas, my true loves gave to me…..seven inches’ snow, six choc … more →
Thanksgiving mayhem
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nyj wrote 1 year ago: As is our habit, we spent a considerable time going back and forth on whether or not we should (a) h … more →
The trees, continued
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nyj wrote 1 year ago: When Jason attempted to bring our freshly cut Christmas tree into our home on Sunday, it didn’ … more →
Sparky gets his tree
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nyj wrote 1 year ago: Growing up, our Christmas tree tradition was, what can best be described as, ‘minimalist … more →
