Katie Leggitt

I'm cooking tomato sauce, meanwhile there's a brand new family baby in the hospital.  Fresh born, yo.  Fresh outta the cooker. As my tomatoes continue to stew... nope not going there. I'm just overjoyed. If I realized anything today, it's that life is constantly ebbing and flowing.  Ebb and flow, ebb and flow. I look forward to seeing the ocean do this in Hawaii next week.  Oh yeah, if I haven't rubbed it in enough yet, I'm going to Hawaii in a few days.  Not for long, but I'll be back.  (To Hawaii.) I'm stacking the best possible soundtrack for my rental as I drive around Oahu, Beck's new album topping the pile of cds I'm packing.  Seriously guys, give Morning Phase a listen.  I can't remember the last time I bought an album the day it was released, if ever.  Beck, thank you for understanding everything I needed to hear at this point of my life. I started this blog high off of Arcade Fire's Suburbs album.  It's my predict

This is it.  This is life.  This is what you get. What you gonna do about it? I juiced this morning, hoping it would be the magical tonic that would see me through another Winter day. It's been brutal folks, not going to lie. I know a lot of people are susceptible to the Winter blues, and I feel like I'm in the deep navy hues right now.  Not that it's seasonal depression that's getting me down necessarily, but it's just all the junk that surfaces in me and the rest of Montreal at this point in the season. In some ways, in ways you can't ignore, Winter really gives you the opportunity to deal with your own inner climate as a result of succumbing to outside circumstances, harsh weather and harsh folks.  At least this has been my experience in the last couple of years. The feeling of snow melting in your boot, wet socks, heavy coats, heavy thoughts... whatever triggers you, I know it can get pretty ugly. Sometimes I read old posts I've written to re

Every now and then, Facebook really comes through. A share from an old friend just taught me everything I needed to learn about the shit month I've had. The video is of a little girl interacting with rain for the first time.  Soaked, she loves it.  I just watched it four times in a row, it's so satisfying, and it's what I needed to see to let go of the yuck I've been feeling for about a month. A car wreck claiming total loss of my vehicle, shitty coworkers who take out their feelings on me, unfortunate circumstances, sickness... full circle ya'll! I've been wanting to write something thoughtful for a few weeks, as my little bloggity blog is about to turn 3. That's past diapers, terrible twos, spit-up and wet sheets if you're super lucky, now the blog is fairly interactive, and is developing feelings of its own.  Okay so yeah it's not a baby but sometimes it feels like it is. I started writing when I was on a raw food kick.  If you want t