Renovation and Relaxation

The Rupert house reno is nearly finished - or at least as finished as it's going to be before the baby arrives - and, for the first time since December 20 or thereabouts, I'm sitting at an actual desk to work. Bliss. I even have my record player and some records here, an indulgence that gives me much pleasure. We live on Jamaica Avenue, so I've tried to increase my reggae intake as much as possible.

Since my last post, I've barely written a word, my hands instead being used for construction and as a result, they're thoroughly battered and calloused. But I did sneak in a couple of articles, writing with the laptop on my lap amidst a chaos of power tools, half-demolished walls and drywall dust: one for a publication called Northword about Shames Mountain, the closest ski hill to Prince Rupert, and a couple for Monday Mag in Victoria. Check them out in my archive.