Author Archives: Renee

About Renee

Fiftysomething biomechanical engineer, parent, partner, and recreational acrobat.

18 August 2025

This is the first instalment of what I’m calling the “Ave Maria Variations”. Variation 1: PURGATORY – Waiting for treatment to start

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8 August 2025

I often joke that I try not to make the same mistake twice because there are so many other new and different mistakes I can be out there making! Same applies for to this second ride on the cancer carnival … Continue reading

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June-July 2025 Catching Up: The story so far…

23 June 2025 Okay friends, it’s a fork in the stream path day for me and things could be getting turbulent. Heading into Princess Margaret Hospital for biopsy to find out if my pal ‘leftie’ is sprouting another round of … Continue reading

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1 June 2025 – Backyard Training

Took advantage of some unexpected sun in the backyard. Billy felt similarly! It’s always good to train with a buddy.

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30 May 2025 – Circus Machines

I’m in the early stages of developing what will become a group machine performance. It will be based on the industrial welding robot lines that are common in automotive manufacturing. These cells will often have 4-45 robots inside a single … Continue reading

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8 March 2025 – Happy International Women’s Day

Primary activity for this International Women’s Day is cleaning bathrooms and doing laundry. I wish I were kidding, but thankfully it is in service of an upcoming vacation so must be done regardless of how my feminist self feels about … Continue reading

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25 February 2024 (2 of 52)

No training video this week because I came down with the plague and spent most of the weekend in and out of a fever fugue. Husband is deep in the grant writing trenches so we’ve been eating a lot of … Continue reading

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19 February 2024 – This is 52

Ten years ago I used the impetus of turning 42 as my wake up call that waiting to ‘get in shape’ before signing up for circus classes would only result in even more time passing. And wow was that ever … Continue reading

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7 Sep 2022 – Time Machine Update

Turned out that blogging about cancer treatment in real time was too much for my capacity. I did post things on Facebook and Instagram and am copying them here onto my digital scrapbook. Looks like my biomachine will be getting … Continue reading

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15 Aug 2022 – Time Machine Update

Turned out that blogging about cancer treatment in real time was too much for my capacity. I did post things on Facebook and Instagram and am copying them here onto my digital scrapbook. 15 August 2022: Even a trained biomechanic … Continue reading

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