“Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to…
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I should have been writing this on a boat to Alaska. My husband’s parents had just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this past May, and as an informal extension of their big, Chinese banquet…
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It’s been eight years – some of them verrrrrry long – since I moved to Ethiopia. I need to do a little truth telling about me and this place I don’t call ‘home’. I…
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arts & music culture & community food relationships & loveContest Winners: Tea Cup Rides & Zombie Teeth
GOOD NEWS! We’ve weeded through all of the terrific entries and we’ve chosen our top favourites. I’d like to congratulate our winners and thank all of the entrants for sharing their creativity with us. And now, what…
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culture & community relationships & loveTransitioning (or: I’m Here. I’m There. I Was Never There at All)
The sun hits my face as the wind cuts across my cheeks carving southeasterly tracks that ride the length of my jawbone. The gusts are sharp and unforgiving, and somewhat wanton at that. They’re…
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home & lifestyle relationships & love sisterhood travelWeightlifting, Wanderlust and Vicissitude (or: The Heart As a Muscle)
Goodbyes never get easier, or perhaps they do if you say them often enough. There are times when I think I’ve figured out how to deal with people who bemoan my departure long before…
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I don’t care much for Valentine’s Day. This isn’t a radical statement. Take almost any day to which there has been attached some significance by way of history, Hallmark-greeting-card executives, or producers of awful,…
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After I finished writing my post, I sat back and read it a few times. As I was reading it a song had come into my head. It was Meredith Brooks’ Bitch. This song…
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I thought I would be writing this entry from Ethiopia this week with some possible insights into “there” versus “here”; it turns out the Passport Canada, Canada Post, Air Canada gong show trifecta kept…
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My father is dying. I don’t want you to feel sad for me, my father has nearly died many times. In fact, my father has nearly died so many times that he says he’s…