New sewing machine from garage sale. Love at first stitch — the motor has the best sound, it doesn’t jam, and it comes in the greatest plaid case.
Cute embroidery, mint tea, interesting work, good projects. My wrist surgery was pushed back, so I’m embroidering and typing while I can!
Good news, new challenges.
Remember hot lattés, curling up in bed with blankets, cranking up the radiators? Remember alpaca scarves, cashmere-lined hats, merino socks in Sorel boots? Remember all that gorgeous, gorgeous wool being knit up into cabled sweaters?
I do. On this hot day, from the comfort of the deserted coffee shop (everyone is at the bar, watching the [...]
I spent a good part of today lying on a blanket, picnic-style, in my hallway, enjoying the crossbreeze from my open front and back porch doors. The weather here has been hot and humid, so hot it’s hard to concentrate. I have found myself at the local malls more than I like to admit, simply [...]
A translation, Gonzales‘ Solo Piano for the millionth time (35th, actually, according to iTunes), a candle, a cat roaming around a clean apartment. Fancy ice cream on sale. New fabric, new yarn, new vintage belts. Iced tea with a friend. Lots and lots of work on a documentary project.
I like this.
I caved about a month and a half ago — I traded up. I said good-bye to my black, shiny 4 gigabyte iPod Nano (circa 2005) and bought a black, shiny, 32 gigabyte iPod Touch. At least the back of this one is also mirrored, which is great for reapplying lipstick on the metro.
I’m now [...]
Glorious weather in Montreal this week. Heat and sunshine and a bit of humidity, but I don’t complain. I had to read a weather forecast for this TV class I’m taking, and I nearly burst out laughing when I read, after announcing 29 degrees for Montreal, that it was 9 and raining in Vancouver. Ha! [...]
Even after almost 10 years of living in Quebec, I’m not yet used to alternating sun and rain. In BC, it would rain for days and days, then be cloudy for a few more, and then we’d see the sun for a few hours.
We just had a rain storm and now, ten minutes later, the [...]
As montrealers will know, my university’s lecturers have been on strike since February. This being my last semester, I had arranged my internship, my journalistic analysis class and my 6-credit television class so that I finished in June with enough time and money to make it through the winter without losing my sanity. I took [...]
[European] cities were built for families, for lovers, for children young and old. They were built to live in, not to pass through. And if the Americans have been able to grasp this concept, we can no longer accept any further excuses from our political leaders.
Read the rest here, from the always-awesome [...]