Shyness: When your brain becomes a sea of mush and white noise
Underneath the futon, where I slept when I was home (my brother converted my old bedroom into his office – cutting a hole in the wall where our closets aligned… […]
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness – musings from my visit home
My one week home is almost over, and what a week it’s been. It has ended on a high note, but it didn’t really start out that way. In my […]
What is a perfectionist to do?
“Don’t take yourself so seriously.” God, if I had a penny for every time that I’ve heard that from my loving boyfriend… I hate to admit it, but he’s right. […]
I guess I’m what you’d call a ‘crazy cat lady’
This week I’m back home in Nova Scotia. It’s been over a year and a half since I’ve been ‘home’, and it’s definitely a weird feeling. A lot of ghosts […]
Book Review: “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes’ 2011 Man Booker Prize winning novel ” The Sense of an Ending” follows the life of Tony, an awkward and desperately intelligent soul. Bildungsroman – I’m not entirely […]
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today
Today I got up on the wrong side of the bed. I was in a bad mood all day. Perhaps it’s because I was tired, having gotten up at 5:45am […]