Tag! I’m It

When I was growing up, the game of tag was vitally important. Kids these days have all sorts of fancy-shmancy playgrounds. But according to my (perhaps not-so-reliable) memory, all I had was a giant, empty concrete wasteland. Thus, tag was one of the few games we could play consistently because it required no equipment or [...]

Channelling Eeyore

“It’s snowing still,” said Eeyore gloomily.“So it is.”“And freezing.”“Is it?”“Yes,” said Eeyore. “However,” he said, brightening up a little, “we haven’t had an earthquake lately.” My more astute blog readers among you will notice that I did not, as per usual, post a weekly gratitude post yesterday. I wish I could say that I was [...]

Love List 2009

In many ways, 2009 was the year of the Love List. Even before I knew about the idea of a love list, it seems I was already moving in that direction. A lot of the decisions I made earlier this year seemed to push me towards doing things that I loved. I’ve written twice before [...]