My sister came to visit with her son, her new partner and his daughter for a couple of weeks this summer. It was wonderful. She came on runs with me, would meet me at work and walk home with me. We would stop at our favourite café on Parc for some white wine and deliciousContinue reading “The Dark Side of "You’re So Beautiful"”
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Reflections from a cross-country train ride #2: Seattle to Chicago
Brace yourselves. This be a long post. J, the official photographer of our rag tag family, selected a few images out of the hundreds he shot looking out the window of the Empire Builder. I will comment wherever possible, but sometimes I won’t know where it is. And right now the photographer is sleeping soContinue reading “Reflections from a cross-country train ride #2: Seattle to Chicago”
June in Books
Let us take a pause now between all this vacation talk and look at the books read in June, a motley assortment of mostly lighter fare that reflects the harrowing season. Of the books started in May, I only managed to finish two (by far the fluffiest ones). Sequins, Secrets and Silver Linings by SophiaContinue reading “June in Books”
Reflections on a cross-country train ride #1: Seattle
First of all, this freakin’ continent has got one large waistline. Unless you think of Central America as the waistline, then the whole of Americas looks more like Pamela Anderson – top heavy with a sleek Brazilian booty. But I digress. When we left Victoria, we took the clipper, a fancy katamaran that goes reallyContinue reading “Reflections on a cross-country train ride #1: Seattle”
Reflections on my trip to Victoria
July 19th, on the eve of leaving Victoria. I don’t think I have the constitution for visiting. My stomach is in knots and the copious amounts of alcohol imbibed in these social calls is beginning to pickle my insides. I am sure I am turning a distinct shade of green. And that would be myContinue reading “Reflections on my trip to Victoria”
My sister: an hommage
My youngest sister has known what she wanted to do with her life ever since she knew that the career of veterinarian existed. Perhaps she knew before that, some sort of magic womb intuition. Or maybe she is a soul continuously brought back to this flawed world in order to commune with the animal kingdom.Continue reading “My sister: an hommage”
Is it over yet? A Day in the Life: End of School Year Edition
Tired. Fatigued. Exhausted. Overrun. Overwhelmed. Sleep deprived. Haggard. Bushed. Worn out. Knackered. Drained. Burnt- out. Can’t find anymore synonyms to correspond with this end-of-the year feeling. You know. That feeling you get when just as you’re about to finish the last act, all the balls you’ve been juggling since September are going to come crashingContinue reading “Is it over yet? A Day in the Life: End of School Year Edition”
May in Books: Reading Fatigue
Maybe it’s spring fever. Or maybe I am more tired than usual. Whatever it is, I finished less books in May than I started. I can’t seem to settle on one book. The pile on my bedside is getting precariously tall and still I can’t seem to get into anything. But all I want toContinue reading “May in Books: Reading Fatigue”
On insults that are not insults
Last week my daughter came home from school very upset. I hear. I wasn’t there. I was a at a conference. But thanks to the miracle of cellphones, I talked to my husband who filled me in. “She won’t tell me what’s wrong,” he said. So I decided to surprise her after her swimming lesson.Continue reading “On insults that are not insults”
April in Books
I don’t even care. I’m going to write about the books I’ve read in April right after those I read in March. So there. So now that I’ve let my petulant inner child have her say, there is just a few notes I would like to make. As you may have probably noticed, I haveContinue reading “April in Books”
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