Tinkified Christmas
As we walked down the street to my mother’s, it was snowing. A quiet evening, crisp and cold, with gentle snow falling from the sky, leaving just enough of a covering on the ground to leave marks of shoes and tires. It was a movie Christmas moment, the kind of perfect that doesn’t happen except…
A Family Christmas
27 years ago, my parents, my sister and I moved to Canada. Only for a year and then it became two, then four and then we somehow put down roots and had two countries we called home. And home this is, but for many years, it was especially at Christmas that we missed our other…
Up Against That Wall Again
It’s no secret around these parts that I don’t deal well with being reminded that I have a disability. Well, obviously I know I have one – the no walking is a huge clue – but I’ve managed to create a life where there’s an acceptable ratio of the Cannot to the Can, the latter…
The Skinny on the New Comment Box
As you may have noticed, my comment box no longer looks like the comment box I used to have. Earlier this week, I got a notice from Haloscan (my comment provider) that it had been bought out by Echo and that users would gradually be moved over to the new system, for which I get…
The Year That Was: Knowledge & Community
This week on MyRACentral, I prove myself to not be immune to the trend of recapping the year: “The end of 2009? Already? Are you sure? Wasn’t it just July? But no, all the signs are there. My windows are frozen shut after the first winter storm of the season, the supermarket is playing muzak-ified…
Reason #617 I Love Living Downtown
Sitting in my livingroom with The Boy on a lazy Saturday afternoon, talking about not much, I glanced out the window and saw this: The best part? I have no idea why.
Mojo Update & Mercury Retrograde Comes Early
Thanks for all the lovely comments and thoughts for Mojo and me on Friday’s post. Having this many people pulling for her seems to have obliged Her Royal Catness to do well and so far, so good. The colonoscopy was clear, the surgery went well and they were able to get the mass with 1cm…
She Is Too Much Part of Me
Mojo has a new thing. She comes up with new things all the time and I find it impossibly charming that even though she’s been with me for 13 years, she still finds new things to do on a regular basis. For the longest time, she’s had a ritual when I go to bed, coming…
Some Snow, A Rant & I Repeat Myself
I have a vague recollection of having had a wee rant about a similar event before, not just on the phone to friends or in person, but quite possibly in this space sometime last winter, but it bears repeating. So we’ve had some snow coming and by the time you read this, it’s arrived, made…
Having Plans
A couple of weeks ago, I watched a documentary called 65_RedRoses about a young woman with cystic fibrosis who was waiting for a double lung transplant. It’s a nailbiter and you need Kleenex and in the end, when you see her on the Dragon boat team of people who’ve had transplants, paddling furiously, you are…
Designing Woman with RA: An Interview with Louisa Summerfield
Last week, I spoke to a very interesting woman: “Louisa Summerfield, 43, has turned what many see as adversity into an advantage. Diagnosed at age 9 with severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, she started using a wheelchair in her early teens. Not finding what she was looking for in comfortable, fashionable clothes, she founded WheelieChix-Chic in…
Christmas Caption Contest
I just realized that there are 23 days left until The Big Day and am experiencing a slight panic attack. Assuming the rest of you are in the same boat – and if you talk about having been ready since August, I will cry – I decided it’s time for a contest. Winner will receive…