Category Archives: Day to Day Life

lilac and rhododendron

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

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

  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

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

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

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

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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