One Third of a Year
Catherine died four months ago yesterday.A few weeks ago I got a call from the Grief Support Coordinator at Hospice PEI. They’d sent me a card after Catherine died alerting me that they’d be reaching...
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My Coffee Dealer is now my Flour Dealer
Receiver coffee, heretofore my source for coffee and, more recently, bread and prepared meals dropped off weekly, is now my source for 10 pound bags of all purpose flour. They can be yours too.Receiver...
View ArticleNoto Sans Nüshu
The fascinating story of Noto Sans Nüshu:In this context, women created in their parallel world a creative way full of practical sense to communicate between each other despite distances. They kept the...
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Tulips
When I found myself caught up in the “anger” stage of the stages of grief, I shake my fist at Catherine for not leaving me an operations manual for how to live now. An unreasonable expectation, of...
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Masked
In today’s mail were non-surgical masks for me and for Oliver, courtesy of Catherine’s mother Marina. And so I dodge the “I need to learn how to sew” bullet once more! They are lovely.MasksCoronavirus
View ArticleRemembering Wilbur Macdonald
legislative_assembly_of_pei_2006_06_27.mp3I was saddened to read of the death of former Member of Parliament, Member of the Legislative Assembly, and Speaker Wilbur Macdonald this morning.I could not...
View ArticleHow to Get Published in Iran
In his May newsletter, Robin Sloan describes the mechanism by which his book Sourdough was published in Iran:I am permitted neither to sign a contract with an Iranian business nor receive payment from...
View ArticleSpring & Arnaud
My friend Andrea recommended the 2013 documentary film Spring & Arnaud to me, and I watched it on Apple TV last night ($2.99 to “rent” for 30 days; the first time I’ve done this).It is a delightful...
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How We Pay Now
Oliver and I decided to celebrate the launch of Phase 2 of the It’s Okay to Go Outside plan to go for a walk and order up some Chatime iced tea, following the instructions we saw on the window the...
View Article"Oh, you're doing that social distancing thing?"
Coming from a long line of well-informed rule followers, I was dutifully waiting my turn in the pasta aisle at Sobeys while the person in front of me did their spaghetti shopping. After two or three...
View Article“Basically, I’ve never had long term goals in my life and I don’t know how to...
How do I set goals if I don’t want anything?:I said that I didn’t have the answers, and I don’t. I don’t want to goad you into further despair or paralysis, or load you up with all of my considerable...
View ArticleTake Me Somewhere Nice
It is impossible not to seek out a film The Guardian calls“a sultry Bosnian summer road trip.”
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Travel Writing During the Pandemic
Travel writer Wayne Bernhardson on the challenges of being a travel guide writer during the pandemic:Even if the travel and tourism sector re-opens, there’s another obstacle for me (and many other US...
View ArticleHow to Sew a Button
Being new to button-sewing, I found Simple Sewing Techniques with Sarah J. Gafgen, from Theatre Horizon, very helpful, especially on the “how to make it so to button doesn’t fall off soon thereafter”...
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On the Wharf in Victoria
We drove out to Victoria this afternoon to try the new outpost of Casa Mia, at the end of the wharf. After a very satisfying meal of bao buns (mine with shrimp, Oliver’s with haddock), I took a moment...
View Article"Toronto’s recovery from this crisis will not be led by cars"
Jarek Piórkowski on why Toronto needs more open space.My similar suggestion for Charlottetown has, at least so far, produced no demonstrable result.TorontoCoronavirusJarek Piórkowski
View ArticleMUBI
To the extent that I am an Internet trend-spotter1, the next big thing is going to be limit my choices.I don’t want a bookstore with all the books, or a million of the books, I want a bookstore with...
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"The hardest thing in life..."
From Take Me Somewhere Nice:Take Me Somewhere NiceFilmsMusing
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