Every time I make snickerdoodles, I misread the recipe and mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with 2 tablespoons of cinnamon (when, in fact, I should only add two teaspoons of cinnamon to the sugar). This I do without fail. And … Continue reading
I am an excellent traveler. Plane rides, train rides, boat rides or float rides–it is a skill I have. In some ways I feel I was born with this skill (like how naturally level-headed I am…ahem), but in other ways, … Continue reading
Poor Kyle got to sleep in. I had my errands to run. And when we got back together, we had a cookout. One day, over a year ago, I stood next to Poor Kyle on the back deck of his … Continue reading
Pardon me for the tardy post. While Poor Kyle is gone (having commandeered my laptop for use on the open road), I have been forced to do my daily computions (computations?) on his desktop iMac. Which is a lovely machine, … Continue reading
What do you do when your hair, which–once upon a time–looked like this… …suddenly morphs into a swamp-thing version of its past life (like this:)? I’ll tell you what I do. First, I realise that the reason my hair looks … Continue reading
I wake with a start. “What day is it?” Tuesday? Wednesday? Wednesday, I think. “I am forgetting something….what is it? Think, think, think. Wednesday…” … “Oh, shoot–Wednesday! This is the day Chelsie can use the internet, and I haven’t written … Continue reading
At the health clinic today, where I was given a thorough examination so the government of Canada can decide whether I will be a nuisance to their health-care system (and consequently whether I will be allowed to stay here), I … Continue reading