I like my neighbour, but last night I was sorely tempted to sneak into his shed and pour sugar in the engine of his leaf blower. It’s not just that he has a leaf blower that he uses as the sun sinks down and the day should be at its most peaceful. It’s that he… Continue reading Tool Time
Category: Me
Black Is The New Black
So now it’s all trendy to talk about issues of race and colour and stuff. There was an article on the radio this morning about a local conference, Bench2Business, which is aimed at “aspiring and established scientists and entrepreneurs of color”. At one point they were talking to an entrepreneur who was ruefully pointing out… Continue reading Black Is The New Black
Me & My Brain – a dangerous combination
Well there’s a lesson for you. I love being able to be online whenever I want, but today I was not. I took G to his Pee Wee Sports class and spent part of the time alone in the Y’s beautiful, airy foyer, just me and my notebook. Then I drove G somewhere else, and… Continue reading Me & My Brain – a dangerous combination
Election Night (for the uninitiated)
We turned on the TV at 7, when the coverage began. All the stations had their maps and their stuff up and down the sides of the TV screen and scrolling underneath. They all had a billion ‘experts’ at the ready, but of course, they had nothing to report because the polls hadn’t closed ANYWHERE… Continue reading Election Night (for the uninitiated)
Post-Election
Gosh it’s hard to concentrate today. I have to say, I am just thrilled with the election result here in the US. I think I live in a pretty Republican neighbourhood so I’ll have to watch that I’m not too jubilant when I see everyone (because that would be in bad taste, and because I… Continue reading Post-Election
Fall
Fall is falling away. I feel it was sudden and brief this year. Maybe it’s because I don’t have our pear tree holding out into mid-December. Some of the trees, particularly the maples, are still putting on a good show, but the birches are bare and so are many of the yellow-leaved trees the names… Continue reading Fall
Lucky
I have some problems with where I live. It’s too far from my family, in both miles and hours. The culture is foreign and even after 14 years I don’t feel entirely at home here. I suspect I never will. It’s too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. I miss the… Continue reading Lucky
Don't Forget To Write
Sometimes I get so busy with life and with planning what I might write and with researching paying writing opportunities that I forget to do any actual writing. My blogs have lain un-updated for over a week, my dead-tree journal is who-knows-where, and I’m all jangly and frowny and wondering why. Then, at noon today… Continue reading Don't Forget To Write
On The Other Hand…
I’ve spend the morning reaching out to old colleagues and clients to ask for testimonials about my work. It’s fun and I’ve already had one nibble about new work from a contact. I’ve been westling with what kind of writing I should be spending my new-found free time pursuing. Part of me really wants to… Continue reading On The Other Hand…
TechHead Revisited
Quite proud of myself today. I’ve been playing with WordPress for this blog, in the interests of using it to power my business website, in anticipation of doing some business writing now that I have (a-hem) all this spare time. So between yesterday and today I have dusted off the techy part of my brain… Continue reading TechHead Revisited