Although I’ve never set foot in Quebec, I’ve celebrated Carnaval in one way or another for most of my formative years. I still sing “Chanson du Carnaval” and taught “Bonhomme, bonhomme” to my French students. Of course now that I live in the states, and especially in this post-Katrina world, Mardi Gras is a big […]

Read More Fighting February

Two weeks ago I had Esme help me repot some of my basil which had grown too large for my windowsill and my 50cent pots from IKEA. We talked about plants and faith and how to make the two grow. Mine grew, flourished. But it appears this week that my neighbours mangy cat has squashed […]

Read More Death to the Basil

It all started with Wayne Gretsky, yes, the consommate hero. He moved to Los Angeles to save the fledgling Kings. Hockey clubs across the US and Canada were blue collar teams and the Hollywood superstars glitzed across the ice smoother than a zamboni. Instead of the other clubs realizing that it was the talent of […]

Read More The Problem with Hockey (as described by my husband)

Today during post-story playtime at the library I was sitting with my friends and watching Little Red play. Then he was gone. “Where’s Little Red?” I asked. “He’s in the toybox,” Karma replied. “Oh.” I replied. Then, “that’s Seamus!” “Where’s Little Red?” I asked again, louder. Allysa said, “there’s a baby going down the stairs.” […]

Read More Bad Parenting

Weekly Anamnesis is a cyber writing project hosted by Natalie. The rules can be found here. Warrant My step-sister lived in a different world than I; even when she stayed with us her rules were different. It never bothered me, I understood the double standard and prefered my life. I didn’t want to be in […]

Read More Weekly Anamnesis #12

This is for you, Hazel and Karen: I was chatting with my friend this morning, and she said, “someday I’ll have to tell you my secret about keeping the house clean.” “Tell me now,” I asked. “Well,” she started, “start by going to flylady.com…” (For the rest of you to understand this, you need to […]

Read More This made me smile

Today I was stuck behind a black Prius. The save the whales license plate told me not to pollute.With the driver’s window rolled down the driver casually let his cigarrette burn.

Read More Clean and Pure Irony

Today, in honour of lovers, I think of my own. And I wonder. I don’t know why he married me, so different from his world. I was young -very young. I was silly and immature. He was brilliant and worldly. He scoffed at the things I found amusing (though trite, I knew they were trite). […]

Read More My Funny Valentine

It’s my blirthday!

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