We lost our baby; now, it’s a little boy that greets us and smiles and chats and jumps with excitement in his crib in the morning, ready for a new day of exploration.
At one point, I told Frank “it’s like we have a little dog: he runs on all fours, he “yips”, he comes to […]

Transl. “Life in the suburbs”
8:25
Frank : “You think 10am is too early for mowing the lawn on a Sunday?”
Émilie : “I think all lawn-mowing is bad on a Sunday - especially on a national holiday - but pressed for a time, I’d wait until 11:30 at least.”
Frank : “Hum.”
10:05
(Revving sound mounts from the neighbour’s yard.)
Émilie, […]

We have two ceiling fans in the house. One resides in the living room’s cathedral-type ceiling - that one is the bigger one, but it is high up and its blades revolve slowly at level one. The second one is remote controlled and is installed over our bed; it has three speeds : sort of […]