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The Political Wife

democracy in action
March 18, 2012
ever since my parents marched me out to the polling booth a month after i turned 18 and told me who to vote for, i’ve always [...] More »
the campaign family
March 16, 2012
if you’ve been cruising the danforth over the past month, you can’t have missed it: the southeast corner of broadview and danforth is ablaze with big [...] More »
full catastrophe living
March 11, 2012
the story of this week in the life of the political wife, as told through random sentences *actually* spoken in our house over the past few [...] More »
political wives
March 8, 2012
i remember the feathers ruffled when maureen mcteer entered canada’s political landscape. the wife of prime minister joe clark had her own name, thank you very [...] More »
dad’s campaign makes me weak in the knees
March 6, 2012
i’m trying to decide what image from around our house best symbolizes the incredibly demanding times of this political campaign. sometimes i think it should be [...] More »
vote for winter weather
March 2, 2012
our backyard rink is a minor legend in our neighbourhood. in the ten years it’s been operational, our three boys and countless other neighbourhood pals have [...] More »
the political wife goes behind the bench
February 28, 2012
grant, as you may know, is a hockey coach. but he’s not just a guy with a clipboard and a loud bark behind the bench—quite the [...] More »
your candidate, my hero
February 26, 2012
it was just at that point in the evening when my shoulders finally begin to unclench. the children were tucked in, the dog walked, the kitchen [...] More »
grant’s green days
February 22, 2012
i have always been pleased and proud to drive a hybrid car, but never more so than when i had to play chauffeur to the honourable [...] More »
the political wife
February 21, 2012
if i had a dime for every time i’ve been asked how i feel about being a political wife… well, i’d buy a string of pearls [...] More »