Thursday, September 25th 5:00 amThe alarm goes off. The CBC is broadcasting the news from Australia, because apparently no decent Canadian would be up at this hour and wanting to listen to current events. I am lulled awake by the bouncing accent of the broadcaster and finally get up enough energy to bang the offContinue reading “A day in the life”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
My first Marathon
Yesterday I ran my first marathon. It was hard. Like, what the hell have I done, I am so stupid, can’t I just quit? hard. But I did it. What I only realised on an intellectual level, was that running a marathon is ultimately a test to see what you are made of, like thoseContinue reading “My first Marathon”
Vampires, Politics and Millenials=conservatism?
I know what you’re thinking. Someone’s been sucking a little too hard and fast on the whiskey bottle. But I swear, no. Really. Just hear me out, for crying out loud! I just finished Breaking Dawn , the fourth book in the Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga. Now I’ve written about this series before, back inContinue reading “Vampires, Politics and Millenials=conservatism?”
As if I needed confirmation
My daughter wrote a letter to her favorite author the other day. She has fallen in love with Chris Riddell‘s Ottoline books and wanted to tell him how much she appreciated them. Dramatic pause. Now, to say I am thrilled would be to say that that Stephen Harper might not like art that much. ThatContinue reading “As if I needed confirmation”
Lina Branter 