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If I could be anything at all, I'd be Buddhist. 19 Oct 2012 | 10:38 pm
A few years back, I signed out a library book on Buddhism, prompted by a comment in the media attributed to American Buddhist Robert Thurman (Uma’s dad!) in which he, in an apparently non-judgmenta...
There’s fiction, and then there’s real life. 14 Mar 2012 | 11:10 am
Sitting across from my daughter at a tiny Starbucks table entirely taken up with two laptops, I’m wondering if I really want to write about anything, but in order to have her limited company this e...
High School Confidential 5 Feb 2012 | 03:13 pm
On a February day in 1962 Mr. Walls, the impassive principal of my elementary school, squeezed his bulk behind a table in my grade two classroom to conduct his twice-a-year report card review. One ...
Pre-Christmas Nibbles 16 Dec 2011 | 10:08 am
Some random thoughts to share, in the hope that writing them down will cease their noisy rattling in my head. Last night on television, a duck breeder who supplies supermarkets with a less-expe...
All life is math, really 31 Oct 2011 | 11:45 pm
I admire commitment. I’ve always suspected I haven’t got what it takes, and the dozen unfinished posts in my blog folder are pretty strong evidence that follow-through and staying power are not my...
On crabapple jelly and memories 13 Oct 2011 | 04:55 pm
Under the arch of red-gold leaves, the old metal gate is still the same, flaking paint and all. When I push it open, the hinges squeak just like they always did. I almost laugh out loud. It’s been ...
Our best hope, unless we mess them up. 23 Sep 2011 | 06:01 am
Scene One In a long line-up at TV/Cable company service office. Cast of characters: Me, middle-aged, white woman with World Policeman complex. In front: Twenty-something South Asian coup...
Scriptus Interruptus 16 Jul 2011 | 08:19 am
The yellow notebook I write in – too occasionally – is half-full of half-finished pieces. What should I call them? Essays, opinions, stories, scribbles – whatever they are doesn’t matter as they wil.....
On The Ultimate Decision 4 Jun 2011 | 01:22 am
Dr. Jack Kevorkian died this morning, in a Michigan hospital to which he had recently been admitted for treatment of pneumonia and a liver condition. His work as an advocate of assisted suicide is...
10 things that interfere with writing a bestseller 23 May 2011 | 11:02 pm
1. Having to wash and blow-dry my hair every single morning. This is not vanity, but a stark reality of my life. The time spent on basic personal hygiene in general. Does Stephen King even t...
