A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Tag: blog

  • All in a day’s work: planning dinner recipes in advance

    Each week, I try to prepare creative, healthy meals that will provide to my boyfriend and I the energy that we need in order to get through our long workdays. Since food is one of my tasks on the common chore list, I need to find ways to be able to cook my dinners in…

  • The ingredients of a perfect day: simple things that make me happy

    After two heavy, rather personal posts (on traveling and death), I decided that this week’s piece would cover a lighter subject: everyday moments of joy. Louise Hung wrote a fun piece for xojane.com, titled Is happy really that simple? 10 tiny things that make me ecstatic. This inspired me to make my own list of…

  • Life changing moments: my first time traveling abroad

    In life, there are a few moments that prove to be crucial in forming you as a person. A trip to France in the summer of 2006, was one of mine. I was still slowly coming out of a long depression that even lead me to require homeschooling for my last year of high school.…

  • Things that remind me of him: dealing with loss

    For my latest post, I’ve decided to write about something very personal and important for me that I had yet to share on here. A few days ago marked the one year anniversary since my father passed away, after a long bought with cancer. I won’t get into details about how it’s affected me because…

  • Downtown Montreal: Untapped Outtakes

    I wrote another article for Untapped Cities: Downtown Montreal: the lavish mansions of the Golden Square Mile. (Click the link to read the full article) It’s about how the former homes of the city’s late 19th century bourgeoisie, located in downtown Montreal, are being used today. Here are some more photos of the area that…