Excuse the lack of posts these days- a perfect storm of lack of time, inclination and focus has caused me to be unusually silent. But there comes a time when even I begin to weird myself out and need to start spouting opinions whether they are fully formed or not. And this, dear readers, isContinue reading “Learning: A Messy Affair”
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My First Love Was Holden Caulfield
I remember it as if it were yesterday. On my 13th birthday, our neighbour from across the street, a French, and in my mind, surly school teacher walked across the street with a package for me. It was odd; I didn’t know her very well and frankly I thought she was just a tad weird.Continue reading “My First Love Was Holden Caulfield”
Drudgery
How much of living is just plain drudgery? This question was forefront in my mind as I, squeezed into my daughter’s desk, sat through another 2 hour meeting at the school. Now don’t get me wrong- this meeting was nowhere near as painful as those of yesteryear. It involved a few students from my daughter’sContinue reading “Drudgery”
Random ideas
Epigenetics and how that extra donut/cigarette/whiskey can adversely affect the lifespan of your children One of the many perks of my job is that I receive all the daily newspapers and weekly magazines in the library. In order to better promote them in the school I work, I spend a few minutes each morning perusingContinue reading “Random ideas”
New Year’s Resolutions? Ummm…maybe. If I feel like it.
‘Cause that is how committed I feel to the whole process. Sure there are things I can improve. Contrary to popular belief, I am not perfect. (Just kidding-Geesh, you are so serious.) I could probably lose a few pounds, do a few more crosswords, be a little more ecologically friendly. I could probably make aContinue reading “New Year’s Resolutions? Ummm…maybe. If I feel like it.”
What is home?
It hit me when the plane was beginning its descent into Vancouver. The dark, coniferous backside of the mountains, like prickly beasts dipping their large heads to drink from the ocean, seemed to pierce my heart with a longing I didn’t even know I had. The landscape was so familiar, so part of me. ItContinue reading “What is home?”
Boys already?
I want to talk about the new developments with one of my daughters, but I don’t know how to start. More and more, I am increasingly aware that I am airing my children’s laundry (clean or otherwise) in this blog and that is not my intention at all. What I really want to do isContinue reading “Boys already?”
The Drudgery of Parenthood
When my friend, who has a 4 year old and a 1 year old told me she was planning to go have some rescue martinis with a couple of friends and wanted to know if I wanted to come along, I jumped at the chance. First of all, it was on a Monday night, andContinue reading “The Drudgery of Parenthood”
Mean Girls
I had a conversation with my daughter a couple of days ago. It was one of those rare moments where we were alone in the house and it was particularly quiet and she felt like talking. I don’t even think it started with the usual prodding question, “so how are things going?” ( which, byContinue reading “Mean Girls”
Why you should never ignore your blog…
Once again, I have been participating in that favourite November pastime, Nanowrimo, and so have been a little lax in the posting to this blog. It took a call from CBC Daybreak Montreal to wake me up and make me take a minute out of busily writing a crappy first draft to write this. BecauseContinue reading “Why you should never ignore your blog…”
Lina Branter 