In a jam
Yesterday, Sh. and I were inspired while at the market to make strawberry jam. (Well, she’s had this inspiration for a while, but when we saw seconds on sal...
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Too many books!
Thomas Frank’s latest screed, a book I had reserved months ago from the library in the well-to-do Anglo canton of Westmount, became available this week. I’m...
Wedding plans (not mine)
My friend & co-worker Eric has just invited me to his wedding, to be held at an as yet to be determined date in Lower East Side Manhattan. All I know so...
La fête national du déménagement
This is one crazy city I live in — the streets are full of moving vans and people carrying chesterfields, because most renters here sign leases that expire o...
The bears didn’t get us, but the mosquitos did
Yay! The same-sex marriage bill finally cleared the House of Commons this evening! I realize this was on many levels just a symbolic gesture but it’s excit...