Category: Life Journal

Life Journal A hand holding two new house keys in front of a navy blue front door with white flower baskets hanging beside it.

A New Home for NomadMAOs

saBEE,

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. – George A. Moore Perhaps this is the official end of our nomad years. In 2017, we sold our townhouse in downtown Toronto, got married after twenty years together and set off…

Life Journal Empty stage during intermission at Guys & Dolls, Stratford Festival

Guys & Dolls

saBEE,

We don’t remember days, we remember moments. – Cesare Pavese Back in March we spent an evening remembering being 17. One of the things I remembered was being part of the high school production of Guys & Dolls. I was the music director and played piano in a four-piece band, I…

Life Journal Sunset over a hayfield with tall grasses in the foreground and a farmhouse in the distance

Return to the hayfield

saBEE,

And into the field I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. – John Muir The plan had been to book two weeks in the city for when our niece, Juha, would be going to summer camp at Young People’s Theatre downtown. We found a Yorkville condo that…