Category Archives: My family
Medication: The answer to all ills. Not
For better or for worse I am staying with my dad for the time being. I returned from living in Madagascar early last year, wasn’t sure where I would be … Continue reading
Party portraits
This whole week I’ve been blogging about my seven-year-old niece’s birthday party, which took place last Saturday. While she and her little friends were out playing on the water slide … Continue reading
The tale of the two slightly-unhinged yet intrepid explorers
I spent a couple of hours at my seven-year-old niece’s birthday party on Saturday afternoon. And in the two or three hours that I spent there I managed to take … Continue reading
Practically Wordless Wednesday: Walking in daddy’s shoes
… or are those grandpa’s? My brother, circa late 1960s / early 1970s.
Definitely no monster, and anything but emo …
So, I included a photo of the daughter of some of my long-standing friends in yesterday’s post. She was most put out that I referred to her as a “monster” … Continue reading
My niece: the budding photographer
My niece, who is in Grade 7, has a photographic project at school entitled “New Beginnings”. She decided, after much thought and several ideas, to photograph a little adopted kid … Continue reading
All grown up…
Around eight years ago I was helping out at our church’s youth group, and felt a moment of empathy for two young sisters who had recently joined the church. Neither … Continue reading
>A tale of a fish
> A tale of a fish, originally uploaded by Robin Malherbe. Getting my five-year-old niece to slow down even for a minute is a feat-and-a-half, and so, when I saw … Continue reading
>My girl(s)
> Cathy – trailblazing sister on the leftKimmy – doing her impersonation of an “Addams Family” character My first draft of this blog post was way too “gushing” and sentimental, … Continue reading
