All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It also makes awful travesties occur, such as my kitchen turning into a propagation patch for new vegetables. Eww. I’m fascinated by the way the sweet potatoes sprouted. They don’t grow “eyes” like potatoes, which are essentially just roots; they sprout actual runners and leaves. […]

After nearly a decade of renting my apartment on Bloor, my corporate tenants decided to say “Sayonara” and have headed back to the Land of the Rising Sun. A Japanese English-teacher recruiting firm, they no longer had a Toronto executive to fill the suite, so my other apartment is now open and available. Anyone looking […]