I hold her hands while sitting gingerly on the side of her bed. I'm wary of crushing her as I lean over to kiss her on both cheeks. She smells the same. Her eyes are the bluest they've ever been. We chat quietly... she'd like some decorations around the windows for Christmas. Blue and white. … [Read more...]
Too Close For Comfort: The Perils of Food-Courts.
I like to avoid food-courts whenever I can. Things just tend to not go well for me whenever I'm in one. Oftentimes during the lunch rush, food-courts in malls everywhere are mostly filled with working people who toil in the offices above the eateries located at their building's bowel-level and/or … [Read more...]
How We Halloween’d.
Raise your hands if your house is in a mad-scramble around 4:30 PM on Halloween night? Holy crap, it feels insane. Over here, I had one child begging to put her costume on and sit in the make-up chair from three o'clock, and the other one, halfway sullen about the idea of having to get dressed up. … [Read more...]
Spooky Tomfoolery
I've spent most of today dressed like this: And as people pass me in the street, with a smirk on their lips, I smirk right back and wink. They bid me a Happy Halloween, and I touch the brim of my hat in kind. When someone says, "I love your wings," I feign innocence and reply, "What … [Read more...]
Rocking Your Orb Without Swearing – Part II
So, you've got your pumpkins all wiped down and ready to go... take a deep breath and just start. Trust the stencil and cut slightly inside of the line - you can always shave out a bit more if the opening is too small, but you can't put back what's been cut. Orb-viously. It's easier to carve a … [Read more...]
Rocking Your Orb Without Swearing – Part I
Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy carving pumpkins and such? Well, I do. It's my thing. I love to rock a face out of an orange orb, yes indeed. In years past, I've been commissioned to make some jack-o-lanterns for the likes of hotel or two here in Montreal, but as All Hallow's Eve falls … [Read more...]
A Gift: Closet Therapy
I stayed with my sister when I went to Toronto last week for the Blissdom conference. Though I have kind offers from lots of friends willing to put me up for a few nights (thanks, all!) I always choose to stay with her because we don't get to see each other as much as we'd like, and when we hunker … [Read more...]
Catching Up
If there's a downside to putting one's life on pause and picking it up again upon return, it's catching up. Specifically, I mean the laundry. It's amazing how fast it seems to multiply when you close your eyes to it for a few days. Truly. And in doing all the sorting ahead of time, I realise we … [Read more...]
On Being a Woman on Her Own.
I don't leave my family often. That is to say, I don't travel much, and so far, since my children have been born, I've been away via airplane exactly three times. Thrice, in nine years. (Well, it's actually four times, if you include the time I stayed in a hotel for two nights by myself, but that … [Read more...]
That Time I Saw A Guy Crap in The Bushes Next To My Park.
There are things a person can see with one's eyes that cannot be unseen. Ever again. Like, there's not enough bleach in the world with which to scrub my eyeballs. Um. This morning as I walked my daughter over to our neighbour-fox's house to catch her ride to school, along the same short path … [Read more...]
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