Monthly Archives: January 2012
Opening a Message…
Have you ever had one of those moments where a very infinitely-carved and even deeply troubling characteristic of your personality can be traced to that one defining moment? There I was, giddy beyond repair, on St. Patrick’s Day almost four … Continue reading
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“Sometimes it’s the case that when you hear the thing you have most wanted to hear, you cannot take it in. Hope is everyone’s mirage and everyone who comes upon that green and grassy spot, the swaying date palms and … Continue reading
Not girlfriends, but ‘girl friends’.
“I don’t get along with girls.” This is something my sister has said to me time and time again; there was Katrina, Tabitha, Eugene, Amanda, Theresa, Katie, Shannon – all failed friendships which seem to indicate that what she says … Continue reading
The Iron Lady: A Review
I’m not the most politically aware person in the world. But, I do love the movies. And after hearing so many people discuss Meryl Streep’s hugely winning performance (surprise, surprise) as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, I wanted to … Continue reading
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Four Singing Competition Contestants’ Records worth Listening To
I don’t understand why anyone interested in forging a ‘real’ music career would ever audition for a televised singing competition. While the singers are on television, everyone loves them; but after the competition is over and the cameras stop rolling, … Continue reading
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From the Dead Story Files.
It was a rugged day– just short of August and mosquitoes and wispy dandelion seeds and a musty pollen odour sat atop the evening. I could head the beckoning of magpies and gulls, their silhouettes sailing across the sunrise-lit river. I … Continue reading
Pressing On the Past.
I work at a university and my job is to help undergraduate students with their academic planning. Lately at my job, I’ve been getting a lot of students coming to me or my colleagues and back-pedaling when it’s far too … Continue reading
A Word.
A word, please? Just one. It doesn’t have to be a long one. It can be brief; a staccato, one-syllable little word that reflects something totally arbitrary, and is totally meaningless while still maintaining a kind of dignity in the … Continue reading
This whole idea of synchronicity fascinates me. In fact I wrote a whole book about it, a book called Various Miracles, and that’s what the miracles are, these moments where for no reason that we can really track, certain events … Continue reading
Shallow Lessons ABC’s “The Bachelor” Taught Me About Dating & Men.
I’m ashamed to admit it, except not so ashamed that I won’t write about it: I am an avid fan of ABC’s The Bachelor. I remember being 15 years old and watching Andrew Firestone on television and thinking, “I’m in … Continue reading
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