This weekend my youngest kiddo and I went on road trip to Perth, Ontario about an hour from home. The town of Perth, which is split by the Tay River, was founded in 1816, and has a population of about 7000 people. Like much of tiny Ontario it has a bustling Main Street, an impressive Town Hall, and a thoughtfully planned out park. Walking up the main street we noticed the entrance to Stewart Park, which happened to be hosting the Stewart Park Festival, and wandered in. The p

In another lifetime, when my children were little, we had the opportunity to travel to Finland over Christmas to visit family. Truth be told, I don't like to travel at Christmastime. It's expensive, crowded and people tend to be a in bad mood. My stance is that, for the most part, little kids want to wake up in their own beds on Christmas Day. But this was travelling to the mothership of Christmas. I was in. We would be staying in downtown Helsinki for the majority of the

As a young girl, around seven or eight years old, my grandparents took my brother and I to Niagara Falls from our small town in the Eastern side of Ontario, Canada. It’s not as though I’d never left home but it was the first time I ever travelled anywhere specifically as a tourist . The week leading up to the trip I floated on cloud nine, writing my packing lists and preparing my suitcase with precision. My grandparents turned the backseat of the car into a fort with pillows

I had the privilege to live in Argentina for eight years when my children were little. A country that adores small children; it was a wonderful place to be a young mother. I hadn't returned in over 10 years and would daydream about it. Being so intimately connected with a place, and then not returning for a long time is surreal. The mind can play funny tricks. What does the memory embellish? How much is reality and how much is rose coloured glasses? About six months ago,

A couple of years ago my youngest kiddo was in the twelfth grade and applying for university. While out running errands in the late winter/early spring he casually slid into the conversation that he might want to study in Malta . My ears pricked. He had come across it while researching places to study on exchange. By the time he brought it to me, he had worked out the details, to show me he could do it. The next thing I knew we were flying across the ocean for university

One of the coolest parts of living in Gananoque is the 1000 Islands Playhouse. Labelled Canada's Dockside Theatre it resides in the old Gananoque Canoe Club, right on the St. Lawrence River. Those with neighbouring cottages can literally boat in and dock for the evening. They run about seven shows a year - from spring to fall. According to their website, it is the largest theatre between Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa and they bring in amazing talent from across the country.