I never thought I’d say this—especially as a parent in 2021—but I think I need to spend more time on my phone. Weird, I know. Hear me out. First, a small confession: I’m a casual eavesdropper. Not in a creepy stalker way. Certainly not by choice. It just happens. My gig as an eavesdropper started … Continue reading Hold the Phone: Life Lessons From a Talkative Mother
Greetings, friends. I'm writing this to you, laptop perched on my bulging bump. Here sits 21-weeks' worth of evidence that the future for Team Watts is light years beyond our wildest dreams. Never did I picture our story unfolding this way when we packed up our life in St Andrews and returned to Canada last July. … Continue reading team watts needs a miracle
At times, life is stranger than fiction. This is our current reality. There's a storm brewing in our household. I've been casually logging things on Instagram for months but have neglected to properly catalogue all the mayhem. What mayhem, you ask? Just our semi-homelessness, restless life after academia, a bizarre connection to Tennessee, and an unexpected … Continue reading #onemoreWatts and other surprises
Well, well, well. This is humiliating. This is the first year I have ever bothered to number the days stretching from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Guess what? I've been observing Lent incorrectly for years. Ta-da! It turns out that when people break Lent on Sundays it's because those days are not included in the … Continue reading silly elissa
Dear Michael Leunig, If I hadn't fallen in love with an Australian I wouldn't have met you. What a tragedy that would have been. As newlyweds in Australia, my husband and I lay in bed reading your book Short Notes on the Long History of Happiness. We found it on our nightstand in Melbourne and … Continue reading day 5/40: #40shoutouts40days
ELISSA JOY WATTS 