My husband came up from the dark and dank basement where we’ve spent the last month. He sat down at the kitchen table, poured a glass of wine, opened a bag of fully dressed chips and pronounced: “I’m done. I’m overwhelmed.”
It’s a little worrisome, given that the worst, or best depending on how you look [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Four sleeps to paradise
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, storage, tagged Calgary, chips, Costa Rica, paradise, vacation on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The countdown is on
Posted in Costa Rica, Self discovery, tagged Costa Rica, logistics, North America, Typhoid, wedding, Yellow Fever on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These past couple of weeks, I’ve felt like a bride with pre-wedding jitters, uncertain whether I was ready to commit to a new life.
Today, the cold feet are gone and I’m ready to walk down the aisle and say, “I will.”
In 15 days, we will do exactly that, along with my husband and two [...]
Mind over matter
Posted in Self discovery on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The mind is like a lover, alternately seducing, betraying and occasionally providing ephemeral comfort.
And like most lovers, my mind and I have been engaged in a power struggle, mostly over the thoughts and images that run like a looping silent movie, a ticker tape of continuous dialogue across the bottom of the screen.
After weeks of [...]
Everywhere a sign
Posted in Self discovery, tagged Borneo, Costa Rica, Dayak, National Newspaper Award, University Toronto Press, Who's Who on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a few days without technology I’m like a crack addict without a source, all twitchy and bitchy with thoughts rambling around in my brain with nowhere to go.
Blogging has been near impossible since moving back the folks because they live on a picturesque farm a good hour’s drive from the nearest major city, with [...]
