works of wanderlust

Tag: parenting

  • while I worked…

    …and my daughter had the day off from school, she baked. Tomorrow is Pi Day. March 14th. 3-14, if you write it out the proper way to look like the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi, 3.14… She baked a pie. It is an apple pie, with ingredients she found stuffed away in

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  • Douglas Fir

    Look up but watch where you’re going. On a recent trip to the mountains I was reminded of the diversity of the forest and the interesting world of trees. I may not work in the field, but I have a four year university degree in biology which included more ecology, botany, and entomology coursework than

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  • Comics: Camping with Kids

    When my daughter was younger I wrote, illustrated and shared an online web comic about fatherhood. It documented some of the quirky things we did and used some of the funny things she said as the heartbeat of the humour. Whatever humour I managed to inject into these little stories usually came from a blend of “kids

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