The Viking Experience The Viking Experience By Megan Cutler | December 1, 2014 | Comments 1 comment On our way to Edinburgh for the first time, we stopped for an afternoon in York. There were lots of things we wanted to see, but our time was limited. We settled on one thing; the Jorvik Viking Centre, which my husband was eager to visit. The Jorvik Centre is built over top the remains … Read More Read More
Grace Under Pressure Grace Under Pressure By Megan Cutler | November 24, 2014 | Comments 0 Comment One of the most interesting stories from our time in England begins with our inability to find a plunger. Stay with me. It seems that toilet plungers aren’t a big thing in England. We couldn’t find a store that sold one. And when your toilet’s clogged, ordering online isn’t really helpful. After trying three places, … Read More Read More
Keep it Lighthearted Keep it Lighthearted By Megan Cutler | November 17, 2014 | Comments 0 Comment As many are aware, my husband and I spent two months moving from England to British Columbia. We got word of his new job just one month before he was due to start, so there were a lot of things to do in a hurry. We started with some last minute site-seeing in England before … Read More Read More
Dry At Last Dry At Last By Megan Cutler | November 10, 2014 | Comments 1 comment Originally built in 1510 in Portsmouth, the Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy built for King Henry VIII. Carrak-style ships featured high “castles” in the bow and stern with a low waist of open decking in the middle. The ship was substantially rebuilt in 1536, and it is on this … Read More Read More
Geek Girl Rant #42 Geek Girl Rant #42 By Megan Cutler | November 3, 2014 | Comments 0 Comment I sometimes rant about pointless things (this is not new). Today’s target? The pointless Disney memes circulating the internet decrying all Disney movies for depicting women who transform themselves for men. I’ll grant that Disney movies are far from perfect, especially the older ones. How many of their movies are guilty of the tired old … Read More Read More
A.W.A.R.E. A.W.A.R.E. By Megan Cutler | October 27, 2014 | Comments 1 comment I’ve talked a lot in recent weeks about stress and how to manage it. As a high-anxiety person, I’ve spent a lot of time wrestling with myself. There always seems to be something to worry about. And sometimes I get the strange feeling things will go worse if I don’t devote enough time to the … Read More Read More
The Warrior and Victory The Warrior and Victory By Megan Cutler | October 20, 2014 | Comments 0 Comment The next stop on our giant England vacation was Portsmouth, where we hoped to introduce our friends from opposite sides of the ocean. Meanwhile, we visited the historic docks to tour the ships we’d previously seen from afar. Our first stop was the HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy’s first ironclad ocean-going armoured battleship. As I … Read More Read More
Happily Ever After Fails Happily Ever After Fails By Megan Cutler | October 13, 2014 | Comments 0 Comment Hollywood has played a cruel trick on us; it’s spent the past few years trying to convince us that every story deserves a happy ending. A few weeks ago I wrote about the reasons our favourite characters suffer, and why writers shouldn’t take the blame. The long and short of it is that we identify … Read More Read More
Moving Day! Moving Day! By Megan Cutler | September 29, 2014 | Comments 1 comment I know it hasn’t been long since the month of hiatuses (and believe me, I feel really bad about the sheer number of them), but it’s time again for me to poof. We’re finally moving in to our new house. After more than a year, we get to have all our stuff back. Moving house … Read More Read More
The Sleepless Season The Sleepless Season By Megan Cutler | September 22, 2014 | Comments 1 comment The main trouble with insomnia is that it perpetuates itself. The longer it goes on, the more desperately you crave a good night’s sleep. The more you find yourself thinking if I could just get one good night’s sleep, all my problems would go away. Unfortunately, that encourages the insomnia to continue rather than driving … Read More Read More