It’s official – the orchestra’s Asia Tour has been postponed. It was scheduled to take place in November 2007, with concerts in Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. Now it looks like the tour will happen in the Fall of 2009. Touring is an expensive proposition at the best of times. Just flying 65 musicians half-way … More Asia Tour Postponed

You may have noticed I went about 8 months between the first post and the second. Why the big gap, you ask? Well, aside from the fact that I was a little busy raising two tireless little boys, I couldn’t think of a good name. My first choice was “Orchestral Manoeuvres”. Clever, huh? Actually, not … More About the Blog

In the early hours of Saturday morning, I heard something on the CBC news report about Homecoming Weekend at Queen’s. Suddenly it dawned on me – it’s been 10 years since Bronwen and I graduated. I thought it might be cool to actually drive down to Kingston to check out the festivities, so we packed … More Queen’s Homecoming 2006

Today was one of those great September Sundays – blue sky, crisp air, and a hint that Fall is just around the corner. Aside from the grind of returning to work, I think this is my favourite time of year. There was an article in yesterday’s Citizen about the Ottawa Farmers’ Market, so we headed … More A Perfect Sunday

Today was Kieran’s first day at the daycare. At the ripe old age of 16 months he’s left home and has started a 20 year journey in institutionalized learning. He seemed pretty happy to be there at first – he has been there many times when we’ve picked up Aidan. He wandered over, started playing … More Kieran’s First Day