A Nico-eyed view
In 2009 my husband took a series of pictures he described as my view of the world. I thought it might be fun to reproduce them here. I imagine you can guess the theme.
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Submission (or Tales of an Aspiring Writer)
I submitted a few poems today to one of my favourite literary journals. I had a few poems rejected last year for inclusion in an anthology, one of which was reworked and mailed today, hopefully better than it was before. It’s been a long time since I’ve submitted something. Though I’ve been writing more than ever, I’ve
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CIBC’s Run for the Cure 2009
Each year I participate in CIBC’s Run for the Cure to raise money for breast cancer research and prevention. It’s an important charity to me, my Grandmother died of cancer in 2001. She was the most amazing woman and it was heartbreaking to watch. For the uninitiated, the runners in pink shirts are breast cancer survivors, those
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Save the Words: Vampirarchy
Mes amis, I have adopted a lovely word in attempts to save it from extinction. The word I adopted is vampirarchy, which refers to a set of ruling persons comparable to vampires. ((Is this a favourable association or not? I can’t tell.)) It is now my solemn duty to “use this word as frequently as possible from
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Book Club: Wuthering Heights
My friend Jo and I both love to read. So do many of my other friends. We talk about books all the time, and thought it might be fun to (semi-)formalize this into a book club. Jo and I both feel left behind in the classics – there’s just too many of them, and only so much
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Bruce Springstzine No. 1
I couldn’t even tell you how many things I’ve bought off the Internet because someone I don’t know, but think is cool, told me to. But I know that it’s not a small number. So, when Emily Horne, the photographer behind one of my favourite online comics A Softer World, told the Internet to buy Mike Saturday
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