Category: Life

The Unbearable Darkness of January

After a mild Christmas, January rolled around with a cold snap standard to Winnipeg. In other words, we have this: https://twitter.com/stacksandranges/status/686527634801471488?lang=en The days have grown longer. In late November/early December, I left work at 4 pm in darkness. Now the sun goes down after 4:30 and edges closer to 5 pm. Mornings still have to … Continue reading The Unbearable Darkness of January →

A New Book in the Story

I carry a journal in my purse. I adapted the notebook idea from the Natalie Goldberg classic Writing Down the Bones. Goldberg would buy bags based on how well they can carry her notebooks, and I even tried to emulate filling a notebook a month. That's still in progress. I finished my black moleskin during Christmas … Continue reading A New Book in the Story →

A Special Music Monday: Let’s Dance by David Bowie

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues August 17, 1987. My grandmother had a heart attack the day I went to the Glass Spider concert at the old Winnipeg Stadium. That day had a lot of stories attached to it. My friends and I originally went to see Duran Duran, one of two … Continue reading A Special Music Monday: Let’s Dance by David Bowie →

Music Monday: No More Tears (Enough is Enough) by Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer

You know what I love about streaming music? I get to hear music not heard since I was a kid. I had my teen years in the 80's, but my childhood was in the 70's with its disco anthems. I had a Donna Summer track before, but I forgot about this duet with Barbara Streisand. I … Continue reading Music Monday: No More Tears (Enough is Enough) by Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer →

Getting Back to Get Up And Go

My week in a nutshell: If anyone finds my get-up-and-go, please return it as soon as possible. I will return yours as everyone's get-up-and-go got up and went somewhere. Who said that erudite quote? Me, on Facebook, yesterday. Some people have throwback Thursdays; I had thrown back Thursday. Turns out many people felt a little … Continue reading Getting Back to Get Up And Go →

“Superheroes in Gotham” Exhibition

I just about swooned like Coulson when I saw this post. Well, one for the list.

Music Monday: Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself by Jess Glynne

Today's song came by accident. I switched from Rdio to Spotify and discovered this song through a mix. If my 2016 has a theme song, it's this one. I began making my way forward four days into the new year. I bought a piece of carry-on luggage for New York and spent some time pouring … Continue reading Music Monday: Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself by Jess Glynne →

Things I Learned in 2015

Gosh, that sounds like a lame title. I wrote my first post of 2016 at 2:30 am. I started to feel exhaustion creep up yet felt like going for a few more rounds. In the end, the exhaustion won, and I fell asleep to chaotic dreams. I noticed my dreams ran along the usual themes … Continue reading Things I Learned in 2015 →

This Is The New Year

Say everything you've always wanted Be not afraid of who you really are Cause in the end we have each other And that's at least one thing worth living for -A Great Big World "This Is The New Year To make up for no Music Monday, and no blogging in general, I decided to kick … Continue reading This Is The New Year →