Being as how my life isn’t perfect, I have a tendency to live in a fantasy world. Not literally a fantasy world — one with dragons and kings and noble quests — just one where I live a quiet life in Montreal, writing and going to the Marché Jean-Talon and to a terrasse on a … Continue reading »
Poems: I used to write poetry way more than I did prose. I think it’s a teenage thing, when you’re all full of angst and you write what is usually bad poetry to vent to the world to show off your “pain” that no one understands (and of course, your budding genius). Now, I’m more … Continue reading »
When I was seven years old, I died. Oh, obviously I was brought back. I had some sort of infection and was given a LOT of penicillin. One Saturday, after a booster shot, my body said “No more”. My mom and I had just got home, about 10:30 or so, and I started itching. Itching. … Continue reading »
Today is Palm Sunday — the commemoration of the day the Gospels tell us that Jesus triumphantly entered the city of Jerusalem (in the face of the temple officials looking for him, and not in a good way). It’s usually considered a celebration. But today I thought hard about how Jesus knew the depth of … Continue reading »
Well, yesterday’s trip was interesting. When I got to Burbank Airport and checked in, etc., etc., I no sooner sat down by my gate when the person behind the counter announced that the flight had been oversold and that they needed eight volunteers (shaddap, Kirby, jes’ shaddap!) to take different flights. They offered a travel … Continue reading »
We had a really great Easter. Our church has an Easter breakfast before the service, and I took a casserole that turned out better than I was afraid it would. I’m not sure why, but for some reason, the stuff I take to church hasn’t always turned out the way I expected it to. In … Continue reading »
“La Sagouine” is up on the board, and I created a page for, and linked, “Another Time, Another Place” (which is not new to any Covenites). And to quote something I said on Facebook today: “To anyone, everyone and no one in particular during this holy season: If I have offended, I ask forgiveness …” … Continue reading »
The tragedy in Haiti breaks my heart. It’s hard not to feel helpless, to see the overwhelming destruction and need and have so little of practical use to offer. There is so much pain and suffering, and once again, it looks like the response to Katrina — lots of sturm und drang and very little … Continue reading »
I’m almost ashamed to confess this, but I really don’t care about Christmas this year. I should clarify. There’s “Christmas” and then there’s “Christmas”. One is the celebration of Our Lord’s birth. I’m good with that. But then, there’s the other Christmas, the one the world celebrates, which is about buying presents and “only XX … Continue reading »
The first story that came up today on Yahoo’s list of news was about the election violence in the Phillippines. I glimpsed the story the other day, but didn’t really read through until it came up again this morning. There are a lot of things wrong in America; I don’t think the staunchest patriot going … Continue reading »
