Friday, February 12, 2010
This is Elsie in Saskatchewan one year ago. You might remember my posts about freezing my buns off on the sunny streets of Regina? If not, I refer you to here. Framing Elsie’s head are Simon’s pert biceps. That’s all. I’m off to pour my heart out before strangers. I embrace my vulnerability!
Here’s a TVO print ad I did a while back, which people keep sending me random messages about. I saw your face at Union station…I saw you on the Go train—your face. One of my friends apparently went up to the large picture of my face and started having a little chat with me. People [...]
A couple of things to look out for as you watch this video:
1) The German soother which now fits Elsie’s face. You might remember when it didn’t. Exhibit A. Perhaps you’re wondering if we have any intentions of ever removing the large-German-soother-which-now-fits-admirably from her daily routine? Excellent query. To which I have no reply. I [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
I’m at a blog stand still. Writer’s block. I have nothing to say. This is when I should go to my writing books to be reminded of those adorable exercises where you write about your childhood lunches or dress up as a pirate before sitting down to write, disturbing everything that is regular and thus [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
This is the conversation we had before Simon became a doctor. Go figure.
SIMON. If you died, I would become that.
THE GIRL. What?
SIMON. Him.
THE GIRL. Who?
SIMON. That lying down cyclist.
We stare as the lying down cyclist passes at a clip.
THE GIRL. You would submit Elsie to that?
SIMON. She would be dead too.
THE GIRL. [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
I have been silent for the last two weeks. Mostly because I have been drowning in fatigue. And I’ve had other things to do—which is good. Good because having other things to do suggests I have a life. And if you’ve been keeping up with my struggles, you’ll know that having a life that is [...]
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
At a wardrobe fitting for a recent commercial, I overhead this conversation:
“Have there been any changes to my lines?”
“Nope, I think you’re still saying ‘hey.’”
“Cool, cool.”
Aren’t actors great!
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
I walked into Heather’s house, and there was a blessing jar sitting on her window sill. Am I inspiring some beauty in your life? Beautiful gratitude that is?
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
By far the most creative blessing receptacle (read here and here to get up to date) received from a reader and participant in my blessings receptacle challenge (for which he has something awesome coming to him).
He wrote:
This is my blessings receptacle.
Wait, that sounds vaguely obscene, which was not what I intended. “Receptacle” doesn’t really [...]
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