Year: 2017

  • Oh, O’Keeffe

    I went to go see the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition last Friday night. I was hoping to have gone with someone but, as it turns out, I’m really glad that I went on my own. It was great to be alone, standing amongst a small crowd, with the pieces on display.

  • Sponges

    I was stood there for at least 35 minutes, staring at the range of choices available to me, unable to make a decision. Each choice I was given offered different options: scouring, non-abrasive, non-stick, heavy duty, pots and pans, etc. Often, it’s the easiest decisions that are the hardest to make.

  • The First Week of Summer

    The First Week of Summer

    It’s been a busy week. It feels like I haven’t had a day off since the summer started. Between applying for jobs and starting a one-month intensive course, there hasn’t been much time for me to enjoy the first week of summer. Next week, I start a week-long job marking exams, while still having to…

  • Five Years in Toronto

    Five Years in Toronto

    “As much as it pains me to say it,” said my mother, “you needed to move to Toronto, and you’re not ready to move yet. You’ve had to struggle and everything you’ve gained you’ve had to work for. It hasn’t been easy for you, or us.”

  • Morning Pages?

    Morning Pages?

    My sister sent me a link about Morning Pages tonight. It sounds kind of interesting. Has anybody done this? Thoughts?

  • Letters’ Lounge, Again?

    It was about nine years ago when I conceived the idea for Letters’ Lounge, a website where you submit anonymous letters. It’s probably been about seven years since I’ve done anything with it. This morning, I was thinking about it again.

  • Art Battle

    Last night, my cousin invited me to an art event. It was an art battle: two rounds of eight artists painting for 20 minutes. Two winners from each of the rounds competed in a third round for the championship. It was a pretty entertaining event. I’d go again.

  • Just an Excuse to Use my New iPad

    Yesterday, I bought the new 10.5″ iPad Pro, the companion keyboard, and the Apple Pencil. As you might already suspect, I’m writing this post on my new iPad. And, it’s amazing.

  • A Short Tribute to Ryan Douglas McDanel

    A Short Tribute to Ryan Douglas McDanel

    Hanging. I can picture your body, broken from the neck up, hanging from the trusses in your metal shop. There’s a ladder lying on the floor that you kicked over before the rope was quickly made taut by the weight of your body.

  • Running out of time

    It must have been a couple of years ago when I decided that I wanted to write a novel by the time I turn 35. I’ve flirted with the idea more seriously since I wrote the reminder on the whiteboard that hangs above my desk. With only 11 months to go, I’m not sure that…

  • I used a sanitary napkin for the first time in my life.

    I used a sanitary napkin, a panty liner, a Maxi-pad, today, for the first time in my life.

  • Day 23 of 30

    Day 23 of 30

    The last two days have been good underwear days. Today, as a consequence, has been a bad underwear day.