Archive for October, 2011

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

not waiting for fairy godmothers

where i’m from, the most beautiful days of the year are fall afternoons. bright-gold and sunshot, they make glitter out of the crimson of dying leaves and children out of grownups. i dare you to not scuff your feet along the sidewalks of October here on this sandy red mud rock, wearing clouds of fallen […]

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

yes, Virginia, there is an agenda

Toronto. Blissdom Canada, year 2. i had fun. saw some of my favourite people, had interesting conversations, danced, got kissed by a yam puppet, and sat on a panel with Nora Young of CBC Radio’s Spark. i can die happy. i also realized that social media is slipping through our fingers. tonight, the night after […]

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

for the small, failed things

we pulled up the garden in shirtsleeves this weekend, somewhere in the middle of multiple pumpkin pies. it was warm, crazy warm for Thanksgiving. after two days of hail, and winter jacket weather, it felt like Wonderland. i ate the last peas of summer, warm green time-travellers hidden in withered, weathered shells. a few last tomatoes […]

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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

how to be a partner: a very partial primer

we dressed up and went downtown the other day. on a Sunday afternoon, like we were fancy people without small children and a brand-new washer full of gasoline fumes at home. a date. a 1:30pm to 6pm date, but it ended with dinner, so a date nonetheless, at least by our low standards. at 4:45 […]

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