Category Archives: Journal

Things to do when I’m not writing

Looking through the lens of the present at my past entries, I note a few different themes: the desire to write, berating my lack of discipline, some jealousy at other people who write more, and the sense of drifting away … Continue reading

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How I love and hate travelling

18 August Friday 11:30 am, Toronto Time / 25 September 8am, Kunming Time I started this particular post over a month ago as I was heading to Toronto from Chicago. It was a particularly hard trip. North American routes of … Continue reading

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Waking and not quite knowing where

7 Sept 05, San Francisco I open my eyes. Brooklyn? Toronto (on the Bloor line, far enough east or west for the buildings to thin out)? No. Oakland. The BART to San Francisco. Some surprise how many seconds it took … Continue reading

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Leaving My Ex

23 August 2005, 9am, en route from Gravenhurst to Toronto I’m leaving my ex. I’m on a bus from Gravenhurst to Toronto. The sky is a wash of moody greys, partly an effect of the shaded windows. I realize that … Continue reading

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