In the Midst of Learning
It’s been the kind of week that makes you crawl gibbering into a corner, rocking as it all finally catches up to you. And then, because you at last stop moving, are no longer barricaded against it all, what you need to know arrives and the learning starts again. Last week, there was a moment…
Best Friends
Claire and Janne, when they were about 17. Today is Claire’s birthday. We miss you very much, love.
My Mojo
She came to me a sunny day in February, 13 years ago, a small ball of energy, curiosity and attitude, at three months old, so small and with so much hair and whiskers, she looked like an explosion of fur. Wearing the black mask and mantle, she looked like she’d been dipped in white paint,…
Claire
Almost all of us have one. Someone we grew up with, were friends with since forever. Someone who knows us better than anyone else because they were there during the hard years, the good times and the really awkward teenage years. Someone who’ll keep your secrets, the person you can call in the middle of…
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…
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…
On the Other Side of It
On and off through my life, there’ve been periods where my pain levels were so high they coloured everything, lent a patina to everything I said, everything I did, sometimes a smudgy grey film, at other times, a blinding scream and when you’re inside of that, there is no stepping to the side to get…
Barcelone – Passion & Ponderings
I’ve started on my quest to watch Oscar nominated movies – yes, after the bald, naked guy has been handed out, I move slowly, but I do get there – and started with Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I’m a big fan of Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem (and to be honest, I also like to drool…
Feminist Empowerment My Arse
On Friday, I read an article in the Toronto Star about Beyoncé’s new single called “Single Ladies”. The article pronounced it “a shout-out to sisterhood,” “a strong song of female empowerment” and claims that it has “a powerful feminist message”. Naturally, this made me want to check it out, especially since just the night before,…
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