Yoga Teacher ~ Blogger of Random Things
I sat in the living room, watching TV and checking my email. Clearly I was bored. Something outside caught my attention. Just there, through the crack in the curtains. Just there. Do you see it? Look closer. Ah! There it is! Nature. Better than any reality TV programming.
You may remember that Corey and I had recently acquired new roommates. (See Why I Have One Thousand Balloons As Roommates.) My original estimate of 1,000 was a little high. Apparently it was 75. As you’ll recall, these balloons took up residency on February 14th, 2012. Around two and a half months ago. They all [...]
Once upon a time there was a girl* who worked in an office. It was winter, and it was cold. This nameless girl sat with her back a few inches from the radiator. The building was old and poorly insulated. Her office was freezing in the winter. Or would be, if there was no heat. [...]
I’ve never really been one for decorating a bedroom. Okay, okay, I’ve never really been one for decorating any room. I’m a big fan of hand-me-down furniture. As long as it is relatively comfy and doesn’t have stains on it, I’m in. And curtains? Have you seen the price of curtains? Foggedaboudit! Our apartment came [...]
For Valentine’s Day, Corey filled our bedroom with balloons. Almost two months later and our house is still full of them. This is truly the gift that keeps on giving. It’s almost as if they’re holding some kind of dance-off. A balloon-off, if you will. If so, this one is clearly cheating. And this one has [...]
I’m trying to learn how to post better pictures on my blog. I thought this meant learning how to take better pictures with my camera. But apparently it really means learning how to use a photo editing software to pimp my photos. So, here are some (highly edited) pictures of our apartment building. We’re on [...]
The weather in Halifax has been crazy this winter. One day it has been -20° C, the next + 12° C. Springish in the morning, snow in the afternoon, capped off with an evening wind storm. And the rain! Don’t get me started on the rain! It competes with life on the west coast. Except [...]
As I mentioned a few posts ago in Non-News Good News, submitting your work to publishers is a bitc— I mean, a lengthy and time consuming process filled with woe. Take, for example, my short story My Body’s Rorschach. Seriously. Take it. You can! It’s been published in the fine literary journal, Pilot! Yesterday I [...]
I’ll give you two clues. What? Isn’t it perfectly clear? Fine! I guess I’ll tell you the whole story. Three years ago I walked up to a Virgin Mobile kiosk, and I said “Sell me a phone! No price is too cheap!” $30 later, I walked out with a small red flip phone that [...]
I’m a writer. And what do writers do? We write, of course. Most of what we scribble will never see the light of day. And for good reason. Stephen King (and many others, I’m sure) said that your first million words are just practice. Badly spelled, poorly alliterated, cringe-worthy drivel that you wouldn’t wish upon [...]
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