It’s been a pretty amazing year for me here in the ‘Peg. This blog has turned out to be one of the neatest things I’ve done in a long time. And while I’ve lost my two fellow bloggers (Laurel moved to be closer to her family in August, and Aaron recently took a job out […]

As the descendant of almost entirely British Isles stock, I’ve always felt a bit, well, culture-less. The Christmas and New Year’s traditions of French-Canadians, the Passover rituals of Judaism, and the immense pride of anyone with an ounce of Scottish ancestry have been a source of fascination and, to be honest, envy for me. While I love my […]