Wannaskan Almanac

Hello and welcome to a mid-June Saturday here at the Wannaskan Almanac. Today is June 18th. As the WAKWIR* alluded to in last week's blog post , we had an unexpected adventure a week ago involving a kitten. Here's the story as told by the Fourth Soon-to-be Fifth Grader (with help from mom). So, we were biking from swimming lessons and we were on the homestretch by the St. Mary's Cemetery. I heard a strange little meow. We checked by the cemetery because I saw a white thingy, but it was just foam. Then I heard it again and I followed its meowing until I came to one spot and I almost stepped on the kitten. She was a calico with white fur and patches of orange and white stripes and brown and black stripes. I told my mom that I found her. It jumped and scurried off through the tall grass away from us and toward the road. We followed her and fed her Lunchables pepperoni. We biked home, got the cat carrier and tuna, and we rode in a car back to the cemetery. We listened for the m...

Hello and welcome to the first Saturday of June here at the Wannaskan Almanac. Today is June 4th. Summer vacation is underway over here at our house. We spent this past week staying up late, getting up late, and jotting notes about all the adventures we'd like to have this summer. And by "we," I mean the two youngest of our kid crew and me. Everyone else is working or has travel plans for the summer. One thing I've already learn this week is that adventures come in many shapes and sizes. My general romantic notion tends to be throwing kids and snacks into the car and heading out to a spot pinned on a map. But adventure can look like so many other things such as asking kids with genuine curiosity, "What should we cook for lunch today?" Errands can turn into adventures if you take the scenic route - something we did to see how much the water had risen on Lake of the Woods - or stop by friends' places equipped with playgrounds. Reading can be an adventure. ...