Pour some sugar on me
Here’s the thing. I have eliminated nearly all sugar from my diet for the past three months. This is not easy to do. It’s not like just giving up soda…
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Blowin’ in the Wind
I think I’ve mentioned once or twice that we’re having renos done. Our renos involve not having our washing machine and dryer hooked up, and we’ve been without them for…
In the Name of
This is something that’s been bothering me for a while. It goes hand-in-hand with the fact that we don’t value art and culture. I mean, as a society. And this…
By sea, by land, by air
Canada has operated internment camps for Japanese, Ukrainian, German, and Italian Canadians. These Canadian citizens and immigrants were accused of being saboteurs and spies and were forcibly removed from their…
One of these things…
As I was Driving, I was Pondering. And what I was Pondering is this: if we can liken western Canada to Winterfell*, and I think we can, can we then…
Used To Be Pretty
Some folks seem to have this idea that if only they have more or get more or get something different, that all of the Bad Things in their lives will…
Be Startin’ Something
Yesterday, His Nibs and I signed the contract with a local construction contractor. We’re turning our laundry room into a second bathroom, which means Spare Oom will be smaller. It…
S.M.R.T
At the beginning of the school year, The Captain came home after classes one day and announced at the dinner table that one of the things they’ll be doing this…
I don’t exist when you don’t see me
He wonders if she can see him. Perhaps if he showed up to the restaurant she was at with her lover, she would just look right past him and not…
Shadows: a Blog Tour
Recently, I heard about Tundra Books doing a blog tour for Paula Weston’s “Shadows”. I have done a blog tour for Tundra Books before, and it was a great experience.…
They’ll hurt me bad; they do it all the time
He’s nervous when he sees her. He doesn’t know what to say, whether she wants him to talk to her or whether she figures he’d be better off crawling in…
Colour everywhere
I think of David often, and I find myself missing him at the strangest times. Although he knew he was ill, my uncle took his own life with a shotgun.…
Content with content?
Once upon a time, there was a young man who loved ponies. Nobody thought this was odd because there wasn’t a gender-specific expectation related to the love of diminutive equines.…
You’re out of control
I wasn’t going to say anything about this. I’ve been trying to decrease the number of negative things I put out there into the megaverse, but I think I can’t…
centre of the universe 2013-08-28 17:53:30
I thought I was fortunate to be in those good graces. I thought that affection was a gift; that I was somehow special. Every lesson we learn comes at a…
Butter Chicken
So the first time I remember trying butter chicken was one of the times I went with @genevrael and The Bearded One to Remedy Cafe in Edmonton. His Nibs claims…