On Saturday, I decided to trade in Netflix for live theatre, namely RMTC's penultimate production of The Humans by Stephen Karam. The play opened in 2016, right in the middle of my New York trip (I saw A View from the Bridge instead), winning the Tony Award for best play later that year. This production runs … Continue reading The Day Out
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Music Monday: Grade 9 by The Barenaked Ladies
In honour of their induction into the Hall of Fame during the Junos, one of my favourite tracks from The Barenaked Ladies. These guys are around my age and when they sing 'this is me in grade 9,' I nod and remember. One time, one of my best friends from Junior/Senior High said, "I want to … Continue reading Music Monday: Grade 9 by The Barenaked Ladies
Scribble, Scribble, Scribble
January and February prove the hardest months of the year in this already-cold burg. While light inches closer, I still head home in the dark and we had a cold snap. Add to the weather misery, my transfer to the other campus with a different flow to the downtown. (For the record, I welcomed the … Continue reading Scribble, Scribble, Scribble
Book Talk: Emotional Agility By Susan David, Phd
Sometimes you find a book you need and sometimes the book you need appears at the right time. Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and thrive in Work and Life happened to play a later role in my life. Embracing change? Good at it. Getting unstuck? Suck at it big time. Talking to a professional … Continue reading Book Talk: Emotional Agility By Susan David, Phd
The Great Sneeze Off of 2018
On my social media feeds, this proved the best way to show how bad my sneezing got from time to time: My head alternated between feeling taken violently off by the next sneeze to getting stuffed so full of metaphorical cotton balls, I had to lay down. One of the Woke Comedy Collective members recommended hot … Continue reading The Great Sneeze Off of 2018
Be It Resolved I Don’t Have Resolutions Right Now
It's not only a new year it's also a brief period of time every newspaper, tweet, or Buzzfeed list has something on resolutions, or perhaps simple goal setting for the new year, or thinkpieces on resolving to not make resolutions for 2018 and doesn't that make the writer smart? I have entered a category not … Continue reading Be It Resolved I Don’t Have Resolutions Right Now
Music Monday: The Two Faces of January 1st
Spotify began as a free account for me, something I played on my computer before taking the plunge into a subscription. With limited space in my home, the site has allowed me to create playlists and to play some tracks repeatedly in the comfort of my headphones. If you want to get to know a … Continue reading Music Monday: The Two Faces of January 1st
All The Best To You And Yours
I decided to take a hiatus from social media as well, at least until after Christmas. Let's see if I can stick with no Tweeting, no Facebooking, and no Instagramming. I might reconsider my blog hiatus. I just want to recharge for a little while. Thank you for your continued support. I can't just go … Continue reading All The Best To You And Yours
Taking a Blog Break Until The New Year
I made a you-got-to-be-kidding-me discovery. I repeated myself with my New York post, right down to the two songs selected. I merely wrote the post and didn't check as I usually do. Anytime I think of a song, I go back and check if I featured the song before. Often, I catch it, and lately, … Continue reading Taking a Blog Break Until The New Year
Music Monday: Dreaming of a New York City Christmas
Sometimes I close my eyes and take myself back to New York. It's two scenes really like the one below, take on my final day on a Central Park bench: The other came from the top of 30 Rock: So much happened on that trip, and my diversion to Albany only encompassed the tip of … Continue reading Music Monday: Dreaming of a New York City Christmas
Unpaused Life 