works of wanderlust

Tag: family

  • Clock Works

    Clock Works

    As my 101 year old grandmother transitions between living situations, she found herself giving away some of her most carefully curated possessions. At some point in the last forty-six years I (apparently, though unintentionally) impressed upon her that my (genuine) interest in her cuckoo clock, the same clock that hung on the wall of her

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  • Cast Iron Convinced-ish

    After nearly nineteen years of marriage, I’d like to think I’ve learned something about not just my own spouse, but about being married in general. One of those lessons is that a good spouse is one who can keep the other in check, balanced, and grounded. And vice versa, of course. Introvert and extrovert. Left

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  • One Hundred (Incredible) Years

    I found myself in a local drugstore this weekend, standing in the greeting card aisle, picking out a birthday card. The selection was limited. Limited, not because the store was lacking in birthday cards, but because there was only one option with the correct age number printed on the front: 100. While we’ve spoken on

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  • A Gift of Bread

    Since the pandemic began I’ve been baking a lot of sourdough. In fact, on my way home over a year ago from my last day in the office and even as we transitioned into working-from-home mode, I stopped at the grocery store and restocked my flour supply. Then as I checked into my kitchen and

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  • Family Day

    Where I live we have a province-wide statutory holiday called Family Day. Today. It always falls on the third Monday of February, and for as long as I’ve been working it has been a random day off in the middle of winter with a clear theme, but no clear method of celebration. You don’t exchange

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