A Movie Miscellany
The Oscars are on Sunday and of course, I’ll be watching. Every year, I tend to wonder why – the Golden Globes are so much more fun – but for a person who is mad about the movies, it’s a command performance. Since the ANI (Accursed Neck Injury) has apparently meant a permanent departure from…
Dear Enbrel
Dear Enbrel, The first time I met you, two years ago, you changed my life and in so doing, gave me a second chance. You took away the pain and inflammation in my joints and the damp sogginess that had been part of me since I was four years old. And, just as astonishing, you…
Thoughts on Love
So, it’s here. Valentine’s Day. Second only to New Year’s Eve in terms of its ability to convince single people that they’re losers. On New Year’s Eve, not only don’t you have someone to kiss at midnight, but you’re also encouraged to take stock of your life and find it wanting, whereas on Valentine’s Day,…
HazMat Flashback
A few weeks ago, I’d just come out of the grocery store when I noticed a strange smell in the air. At this particular geographical point in the neighbourhood, if it smells of anything other than vaguely downtown-ish, it’s usually freshly baked/slightly burned bread from one of the bakeries in the market. This was not…
The Snow Queen
Last week, there was a heartfelt plea from Rachel H. in the comments, asking me to use my apparently by now widely (well, at least in the comments of my blog) recognized powers to please, please make the snowing stop. And she’s not the only one who’s had enough (I always thought Canadians were a…
Nobody Does It Better
The lovely Lynn of the comments has for some time now been naggi… erm, strongly encouraging me to watch the new BBC version of Jane Eyre. I’ll be honest: I’m not a huge fan of the Brontës. Ever since the first time I saw a film version of Jane Eyre, I thought that she was…
