Post contains affiliate links as a service to readers. Any purchases made via qualifying links equal a small commission for me. There is nothing Ainsley loves more than getting mail. Strike that. She also loves travelling. Today when our first Little Passports kit arrived, she got her two great loves all tied up in a pretty little package. Every Child Loves Mail The first thing my child checks every day when she gets in from school is the mailbox. Getting mail addressed to her that talks all about travel and culture and other places in the world, complete with a mini…

This is disappointment.  I am not a great photographer, but every so often a shot works out. Happy with this one even though it was a private moment when my daughter was unable to do something she had her heart set on doing. She pushed it right to the limit and was all the way up the ladder towering several feet off the ground when she looked down and could not go through with the zip lining. Her sister went and her Dad went. She was mad at herself. Wordless Wednesday is a photography meme.

There really aren’t any words necessary for this one. Canadian sunsets can be spectacular. This is a beach in Southampton and this sunset is very special to our entire family, especially this year. Mister Linky's Magical Widgets — Thumb-Linky widget will appear right here!This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site.For best results, use HTML mode to edit this section of the post.

This was an epic moment for me. Chicago and Blogher13.  I just had to see The Chicago Tribune. A long way from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, and Ryerson Journalism school and London Free Press. I’ve had bylines a lot of places over the years: from The Kamloops News to the Free Press, the Record, the Toronto Sun, Today’s Parent and Canadian Family, and dozens of small dailies, plus my favourite moment, a few published essays in the Globe and Mail. But standing inside the lobby of this grand lady, I remembered why I got into this business of writing.