The Inevitability of Seasons

The Inevitability of Seasons

I always start out things with the best of intentions. Like this blog for example – I have wanted to have this blog up and …

 

Treasure Stealing Vampire Bats

Treasure Stealing Vampire Bats

As an adult, it’s tough to make new friends. It’s not as though one can just sidle up to someone on the bus and ask …

 

Chin up, Cupcake

Chin up, Cupcake

Dear Job, Don’t you know that I’ve been trying to contact you for some time? You are unavailable to have coffee. You never make time to …

 

Lost in the Woods

Lost in the Woods

Tis the season of camping. Heading out to the forest or beach, setting up a tent, building a gigantic bonfire and roasting marshmallows. The smell …

 

Inexplicable Lives of Squirrels

Inexplicable Lives of Squirrels

I have a serious problem. I get ecstatically, blissfully happy when I see squirrels. Baby squirrels, grey squirrels, hopping squirrels, squirrels hiding nuts. My heart …

 

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Sometimes when I’m feeling a bit small in this huge planet we live in, I wait until 1 a.m, open the windows in my living …

 

The Ghosts of Lives Past

The Ghosts of Lives Past

Have you taken your high school yearbook off the dusty shelf and flipped through that bad boy recently? All the mortifying, hilarious, unforgettable moments …

 

Where the waves hit you

Where the waves hit you

If one must feel melancholy, they might as well do it near the ocean. Yesterday was one of those days. A day where I felt nothing …

 

Insanity, and the Paperwork Involved

Insanity, and the Paperwork Involved

I have driven by Riverview Hospital countless times throughout my life. The front building is a lurking, menacing structure looming over the highway. Behind are …

 

Upstaged by Seniors

Upstaged by Seniors

Part of the rehabilitation for my back surgery is aquafit. I’ve been going to physio and religiously doing my exercises for it, but I just …