On the Eve of my Forty-Fifth Birthday
Today largely involved physical work; housecleaning and preparing the deck for tomorrow’s party — we removed the old canopy and replaced it with a slightly larger one that has a Continue Reading →
Month: June 2014
Kiki of Montparnasse
I just finished reading the wonderful graphic novel, Kiki de Montparnasse which brought back a flood of memories from third year University where I studied the literary Montparnasse of the Continue Reading →
Failing Up
Yesterday, I posted, glumly, that I had “failed all over the place” at being more positive but that I wasn’t going to beat myself up about it. I didn’t elaborate, Continue Reading →
Would changing my outlook change me?
OK, that is probably a rhetorical question, but what I wonder is how would others react to a different version of me? What if the “new me” isn’t as funny Continue Reading →
Cumberland Miners’ Memorial Weekend
This weekend, I had two events in one to attend: the Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Conference and the Cumberland Miners’ Memorial Weekend. It has been a whirlwind of labour Continue Reading →
I am familiar with that story
How many times have you stopped someone who was talking and said, “I’m familiar with that story,” or something similar? Or maybe not said anything but internally tuned out? I Continue Reading →
Smaller Garden Year
The last few years, I’ve struggled with the garden. Bad luck with weather (crazy wet followed by crazy dry spells) and poor soil meant lousy yields. This year, I am Continue Reading →
Stripping and Redressing
No, I haven’t taken up exotic dance; I realized in all my many site changes and redesigns, the one set of pages that has fallen out of synch is my Continue Reading →
Compounded Guilt
I recently found myself in that endless cycle of feeling guilty about stuff I haven’t done — I haven’t prepared the garden, I haven’t published the SmoothieJune Book —and now Continue Reading →
Rethink, Reflect, Relax.
For three days, last week, I was at the CUPE Political Action Conference. I traveled and stayed on my own; Shawn and Kiddo joined me on Friday. I spent yesterday Continue Reading →