Filed under: Activism, City of Ottawa, Drama, General, Holidays | Tags: donations, fire, ottawa, shelters, women's services
As all of you know, Christmas is only a little over a month away. Thoughts this time of year turn to gifting friends and loved ones with special presents to show we care, and many of us make extra donations to the Food Bank or other charities in order to give back to our community.
This year our community needs an extra showing of generosity. Due to two recent fires in a downtown women-only rooming house and a women’s shelter, resources for women in crisis in Ottawa are stretched far too thin.
There are a number of organizations accepting donations of money, food and clothing — many thanks to Ian Capstick for assembling and circulating the following list:
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Filed under: Baby!, City of Ottawa, Health Stuff, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze | Tags: medwives, midwives, ottawa
Anticipating a good result on Friday, I’m trying to decide which set of midwives to phone this time. Last time I was with The Midwifery Group of Ottawa and, while I was extremely happy with the pregnancy care and the postpartum care, events that occurred during the birth left me somewhat less confident in them.
Does anyone who reads here have experiences with the Midwifery Collective? Are they “medwives”?
Filed under: City of Ottawa, Hippy Shit, Sticks and Stones, The Urban Jungle, Things I Do | Tags: guerrilla gardening, Hintonburg, neighbourhood, ottawa, urban jungle, urban spaces
The park at the end of our street is a wonderful space for kids. There are broad paved paths perfect for learning to ride bikes, a smaller play structure for climbing and sliding, lots of little hills to roll down and tables and seating to encourage congregation of families and neighbours.
About the only thing missing from this great little gem, IMO, are some kid-friendly plants with flowers to be enjoyed or picked that are hardy enough to withstand the heat from the asphalt and the love from the children. What the park accomplishes in fun and function, it sorely lacks in visual appeal. A few half-hearted efforts in years past have left a couple patches of mangy forsythia bushes, some enthusiastic daylilies, a couple random tulips, and violets that have self-seeded sporadically around the park.
Fortunately, I’ve a surfeit of Spring-flowering plants needing new homes.
Filed under: City of Ottawa, Diaper Fluff, Fibre Crafts, Hippy Shit, Random Geekery, Sewing, The Urban Jungle, Things I Do, Work, Work at Susie's | Tags: cloth diapering, guerilla gardening, knitting, ottawa, ravelry, soaker, urban, urban foraging, urban hippy, wabi-sabi
I resort to lists too often. Today is my first day in the house by myself for the full day, as DH started his new job this past Friday (and #2 is half days on Monday and I work on Tuesdays). I made a big list and only have one significant entry left to accomplish. Yay me! Yay lists!
Still, there are always more brief disjointed comments I can jot down about what’s going on with me:
Filed under: City of Ottawa, My Kids, Things I Overheard | Tags: Amos, Hintonburg, humor, kids, ottawa, overheard
A couple weeks ago, during a meat brining binge with friends, we were visited by a friendly little marmalade cat named Amos. #2, a motherly sort of boy who instinctively believes that everyone and everything is his friend, decided he was going to take Amos under his wing and show him the ropes of living in our house.
He coaxed him indoors, introduced him to the cat food dishes, showed him the boys’ room, and tried to help him make friends with our cats. Once he declared he was renaming the cat “Paul”, we decided it was time to help Amos find his way back home. Fortunately his address was on his harness and his house was around the corner. The three of us carted him back to his home and #2 said goodbye.
