Hi. How are you doing? I haven’t posted for a while because honestly, I don’t know what to say. There is a vast empty space where coherent thoughts used to be, a gaping hole in my ability to make sense of the world. It is as if I’ve completed most of the puzzle and canContinue reading “Under Pressure: A Song to Greet 2022”
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Eulogy
On September 11th we got together to say goodbye to Jeremy. I spoke. This is what I said. The first time I saw Jeremy I was fourteen and he was sixteen and he was skateboarding down the halls of Oak Bay High School flying a Millennium Falcon. The closest way I can describe the feelingContinue reading “Eulogy”
Why I Commemorate the Anniversary of my Husband Leaving Me
Mostly, life is a series of days that resemble each other. We get up, go to work, see friends, watch TV, read a book. If it is a good day, we might go for a hike to a nice vista, travel somewhere new, attend a particularly fun party or enjoy some nice sex. If itContinue reading “Why I Commemorate the Anniversary of my Husband Leaving Me”
Help
Right now I am sitting in the back of my mother’s garden beside my garden gnome shed where I have been living for just over a year. Inside the shed are a bunch of empty boxes, waiting to be filled with the little I brought with me to Victoria when I moved from Montreal lastContinue reading “Help”
Introverted Much? Random Thoughts on Reading Quiet
To say that I have dropped the ball with my blog would be understating the issue. I not only dropped the ball, I lost it down the drain and then decided the best way to retrieve it was to sit patiently by the grate for 3 months until a friendly rat (Snow White style) broughtContinue reading “Introverted Much? Random Thoughts on Reading Quiet”
Vacations Are Good: Part II
Yep. Las Vegas summed up in a creamer. I mean non-dairy product…. Or how J puts it: “The closer you look, the less real it gets.” Suffice it to say he was not impressed with the sets. Who painted that faux wood grain on the beams at the Palazzo? They should be fired. But ifContinue reading “Vacations Are Good: Part II”
PSA: INPARENTTHESIS IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS…
As you probably have noticed, I have changed platforms. Though blogger served me well for a good five years, it was time for a change. There are many reasons for this. One, is that my mandate has changed somewhat now that my children actually read my blog. I am no longer able (or willing) withoutContinue reading “PSA: INPARENTTHESIS IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS…”
On having a daughter who just turned 13
I forgot to post last week. Well, I didn’t forget to post, I just didn’t. I wanted to write a pithy post perhaps peppered with wisdom about having an official teenager. (I will not apologize for my propensity for alliteration. I will not) But I have nothing. No wisdom. No advice. Nothing to say. JustContinue reading “On having a daughter who just turned 13”
Travel Journal: Entry #9
Okay. I’m going to finish this bad boy of a trip if it kills me. And at the rate I’m going, it might. But it is a long weekend, the heat has finally broken and it is grey and yucky outside. Other people should be recovering from the marathon right now, but not me. No.Continue reading “Travel Journal: Entry #9”
Bi-law Blues
One of the reasons J and I packed up our crap and our kids, loaded it all into the 1989 Toyota Camry station wagon and headed out to this quaint city of rust and decrepitude, this eccentric oasis in the middle of white bread North America land, this mecca of arts and culture and barelyContinue reading “Bi-law Blues”
Lina Branter 