Author: Fatima

A Vacation From My Vacation

Call it two parts vacation and one part unintended hiatus. My mom went in for surgery, nothing serious, on May 9th. I took some time off to take her to the hospital, stay with my 91-year-old dad, do some more physical household tasks around their house, some grocery shopping, and attended the college's annual PD … Continue reading A Vacation From My Vacation →

Open Mic Jitters: The Anxious Sequel

Comedy, over 40, existential angst, Open Mic

Other Duties As Assigned

If I sneeze one more time, the brain cells left will not help me tackle my to-do list. My blog break turned into a week and a few days. The trees budded and I keep forgetting every spring, my nose stuffs up, and my sneezes echo through the now-empty library at work. Add watery eyes and … Continue reading Other Duties As Assigned →

Taking a Blog Break

Not to worry it's only for a week. I just need to refill my brain.    

“Texas is Gilead and Indiana is Gilead”

I read The Handmaid's Tale in 1986, the book itself a new addition to my high school library. At the time I regarded it, much like 1984, a nice little escape into one world not my own. After all, thought my high school self, this will never happen, we know better now. Many years later … Continue reading “Texas is Gilead and Indiana is Gilead” →

A Sweaty Story Time or Hearing David Copperfield While Working Out

I began Chapter 13 of David Copperfield, setting the timer to 15 minutes on the Audible app, and started walking around the track overlooking the gym at the Downtown YMCA. The walk always starts my work out allowing the book to play and no worries about cars nearly mowing me down, just people walking or … Continue reading A Sweaty Story Time or Hearing David Copperfield While Working Out →

Music Monday: Body Love Part 1 & 2 By Mary Lambert

I read a lot of body positive/fat positive blogs, and Twitter feeds. It's part of reclaiming my body from all the shit and labels layered over it, each word like an explosive device detonating the negative attached to the thinking connected with my body. Once, I looked at a classmate askance as she said, "I'm … Continue reading Music Monday: Body Love Part 1 & 2 By Mary Lambert →

Music Monday: Bad Things by Jace Everett

It happened. I watch Crave more than Netflix. Crave TV launched in 2016 to compete against Netflix. While their user face could use work, it doesn't have the countdown to the next episode of a series like its opponent, it does have something Netflix, at least in Canada does not have in their library. They … Continue reading Music Monday: Bad Things by Jace Everett →

Remember What I Said About Picking On Libraries?

Decisions are all about the information presented and if you say a place has 'too many libraries,' consider it throwing down a gauntlet. In this case, picked up brilliantly by this librarian: “SASK HAS TOO MANY LIBRARIES” SAYS MLA. “SASK HAS TOO MANY MLAS” SAYS LIBRARIAN. #SKPOLI #SAVESKLIBRARIES #YQR #YXE