In August 2016 I started, Escape the Final Countdown, in Brandon Manitoba. I hadn’t even heard of an escape room in May of that year but when travelling to the East cost with my 11 and my 22 year old, we discovered them while looking for some interactive family fun. I was hooked. We played…
I Have a Stalker I have a stalker. An online stalker. It started last September. Right after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Like millions of others, my Facebook page discussed it. And like I always do when violence occurs, I was very clear: there is never an excuse for murder. I condemned the killing without…
My Love of Hollow Knight By Ivan Budiwski I bought Hollow Knight about two years ago and when I did, I found the game very enjoyable but struggled a lot with it. This was the first time I have ever played a game like it, so I didn’t know what to expect. I beat…
The Arrival The house sat nestled on the green grass like a cat snuggling into a warm blanket, like it always was meant to be exactly where it was. She hadn’t seen it in over forty years and yet just the sight of it filled her with nostalgia and longing – not for what was…
Our family has been homeschooling here in Manitoba since 2020 – not for political or religious reasons but because we started during covid and found that it just worked for us. Now there is no turning back! The kids were in Kindergarten, grade 3 and grade 9 when Covid happened and chose not to return…
My 13-year-old had his last baby tooth pulled at the dentist last week—literally hanging by a thread. I heard (from a very reliable source aka his dad) that he still put it under his pillow. And guess what? The Tooth Fairy came. Left him $20. He never said a word. Yesterday, we went for a…