Category Archives: Normal life

lilac and rhododendron

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Pretty, pretty flowers. Lilacs – that scent! It takes me back in time to past summers, and also grounds me in the present, in this lush and rainy June. If the Internet could transmit smell, you could smell lilacs right now. … Continue reading →

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god only knows what i’d be without you

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

This morning I woke up in North Sydney, at home. I drank coffee and ate toast and yogurt, and left at 7 am. I drove over Boularderie and Kelly’s Mountain and along the Highway to Baddeck. I arrived at work … Continue reading →

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give it away

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

  Last week my friend Kelly wrote on her Facebook that she was giving away her books. She wrote out a list of all of them, and each person who wanted to could pick out five. There were like a … Continue reading →

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busy busy good life lately

Posted on May 26, 2013 by

Do you have phases in your life like this, where you’re hopping from one day to the next and the time is just flying? In some ways I love it, and in other ways I hate it. I love having … Continue reading →

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back to my old job

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

It is both good, and strange, to be back at my previous job for the summer. Good because… they are great people to work with. Good because I get to walk around a lot, or at least stand at the … Continue reading →

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the sound of peepers

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

I ran to the grocery store tonight for a couple of items: Baileys, carrots, yogurt, lettuce. When I walked out of the grocery store I heard peepers, quite loud. It was in contrast to the parking lot, the bright lights, … Continue reading →

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le printemps

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

I am in need of the springtime. Of le printemps. I am in need of dirt-time. Of spend time outdoors, hearing the birds. Of walking around the garden and seeing new things coming up. Pulling things out too… that’s necessary. Aaahhh… … Continue reading →

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Riding the public transit in the CBRM

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

It happened again this morning – I told someone I get to school and back (North Sydney to Marconi, and back) using the bus. His reaction: “No! You poor thing!” “Honestly, I don’t mind. It works out for me pretty … Continue reading →

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earth day birthday

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

The twenty-second of April is my birthday, and it’s also Earth Day. When I was maybe seven years old, one of my little friends who lived in Antigonish, where, apparently, there was a big annual Earth Day celebration, was visiting … Continue reading →

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“Black Betty”

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

I just cried a bit over a car, y’all. But she was not just any car. Black Betty was my first car. I bought her back in 2010. With my own money, and I paid off the loan, and I … Continue reading →

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