Category: Family

  • Dad’s Day 2026

    Well dads, fathers, step-dads, and daddies, today’s the (terribly wet, cold, grey) day for us, eh? Classic Alberta. “All hell for a basement,” for real. We’re taking it easier this weekend. Board games, watching street food videos from around the world, takeout BBQ, and of course, monkeys jumping on the bed. Contrary to doctor advice!…

  • Ice Cream – Kind

    Look, it’s not all fun and games in this province lately.  There’s serious discussions to be had and hard (and sometimes very obvious and easy) choices to make.  And while they’re all worth talking about, today I’m referring to… Ice Cream.  Hand made. Artisanally crafted. Cold. Sugary. Any flavour you can think of. There are…

  • This Day For Moms

    What a coincidence! The second post on a dad blog is about moms and how we relate to them. Like my mom and her mom and her mom before that, I grew up around some strong, stubborn, get-things-done type of women, most of them moms. Much like a lot of Alberta (and let’s face it…