Hi,

The room and the home were adequate for my needs as I was out of the house early and came home late. Unfortunately I did not get to meet Laura and I would have liked to do this. A couple of things surprised me. I was expecting to be able to make a quick breakfast of cereal and milk with some fruit. A cup of tea. That sort of thing, but there was only a half loaf of white bread out on a table and some apples and a couple of bananas. Couldn't find any cereal or milk and generally felt there should have been some instructions regarding breakfast. I was only mildly inconvenienced here since I went to the place where I was gathering for the Cascadia Poetry Festival and had a cereal breakfast and tea there.

One other unfortunate incident which could not be helped was the fact that the communal bathroom shower had leaked into the kitchen and as a result was not usable. I used the other ensuite shower in another room by invitation on one day, however on days when I had to leave early, I did not have a shower because no one else was awake. I did have a shower on the day I was leaving as the communal shower was repaired. But there were three mornings I had to go without a shower.

David Fraser, Nanoose Bay, BC