The sadness has followed me around since last Friday. It's just there. I'm having a really hard time falling asleep. It's so hard to shut down mentally. I feel a little bit like I did back in that second week of September in 2001 when the world changed forever. The world has changed again. Last … [Read more...]
Oh Christmas Tree!
Been focused on the season lately and all that entails from a family and social responsibility point of view, add some additional work fluctuation and writing here became less of a priority. I refuse to touch on the horror of last Friday only because the noise is quite loud and I would rather not … [Read more...]
Twelve Years….
Twelve years. It doesn't seem that long in the scheme of things - but when you've spent it without your mom, it seems like a loooong time. There's been a lot of changes in twelve years. I did the parental 'sit by your kids bed and watch them sleep' last night and thought about where my life has … [Read more...]
Strong winds
So I went to a wedding this past weekend. It was a friend of Steph's, a fellow designer that has peppered her work past and looked to her as a mentor of sorts. The bride was young, 25ish, meaning the guests, minus the family, were approximately the same age as her. Me, being a robust 43 years … [Read more...]
words for wednesday (early) -vagabonder
(you did not really think I was going to post a nude picture did you?) I love a little french here and there "VAGABONDER" is one of my favourite french verbs say it with me- 'marcher ca et la, au hasard' oh, I love a little "au hasard" which means by chance (somehow in french it sounds a … [Read more...]
Hey man, nice shirt
I can pinpoint mine. It was the first day of grade seven and I was starting at a new school after recently moving into the area. I was wearing an AC-DC concert t-shirt, a black corduroy jacket and blue jeans. My hair, the white man afro, was reaching for the blue September sky and my thumbs were … [Read more...]
She’s Four!
We all know how quickly kids grow and change... another year has flown by, and my little Madame turned four on Saturday. My mum and my sister came to visit for a few days, which makes a birthday feel rather special indeed!We took the skinheads bowling. (Okay, they're not skinheads. They're … [Read more...]
The Big Birthday Love-Fest
Wow, time really flies while you're busy having a birthday sometimes... I turned forty last Thursday, and it's been one big, fat love-fest ever since.Cards. Calls. Dining out. Happy Birthday serenade from a school yard full of three and four year olds... en … [Read more...]
Eleven: The Middle Part
I wouldn't bother to polish the bathroom chrome if I didn't think he noticed or appreciated it.* * *If ours is to be a long marriage (and I hope it is) then I suppose we will look back on these years as being the middle part. I'm not sure what all the right components or ingredients are, or if … [Read more...]
But I AM a Canadian!
Ever since the events of 9/11, air travel has gotten more and more hairy, for reasons we can all understand, I'm sure. Travel is far easier when you have a Canadian passport though.I don't have one of these.About six months after I was born, my parents emigrated from Jamaica to Toronto for work … [Read more...]