A few weeks ago, I shared with the world (or at least those who read this blog) the trials and tribulations of my relationship with couches. Today, I witnessed one of the very phenomena about which I wrote, the instant transformation into adulthood brought on by the first-time purchase of a brand new sofa. Continue reading
Jew-tide Greetings
Say what you will, but I don’t celebrate Christmas. Never have, never will. Not that I have anything against it – quite the contrary. I love Christmas. It’s just not my holiday to celebrate. Continue reading
The Darkest It Gets
Sometimes a season can go on and on. Here it is, the winter solstice, and my summer is just coming to an end. Part of me doesn’t want it to end (who ever wants summer to end?), but I’m ready for a new season. The darkness is beautiful and rich, and out of it comes growth.
I didn’t stay up last night for the lunar eclipse – honestly, I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I would have loved it, I’m sure, but tonight did the trick for me – a community celebration in a community I love.
Earlier this evening, I joined some new friends (oh, how I love new friends!) for the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. We gathered at Leg-in-Boot Square on the seawall of Southeast False Creek a few minutes before 6:00, and were joined by a gaggle of parents with strollers and foreign exchange students and curious passersby. And of course, there were drums – what would a solstice event be without drums?
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Thanks Giving (continued)
Over Thanksgiving weekend in October, and again over Thanksgiving weekend in November, I counted my blessings (including the fact that I celebrate Thanksgiving twice). Let me tell you, it made me feel good. So good, in fact, that I want to do it again. I need to do it again. And again. And again. Continue reading
Aspire to Inspire
Last night, in the final installment of my Art of Blogging course, our instructor Linda asked us to think about the essence of our blogs. Is the focus of One Eyed Queen clear to me yet? Or is it true, as the Spanish poet Antonio Machado wrote, that there are no roads, that the way becomes manifest upon walking? Continue reading
Technical Difficulties
I knew it was too good to be true. Just last night, thanks to the course I’m taking at Emily Carr University called “The Art of Blogging,” I learned all sorts of new fancy WordPress tricks… did you see how I moved the sidebar from the right to the left? And added that “email subscription” button? I know, I know, my technical savvy is overwhelming. I got some lovely feedback on my post from the other night on “The Royal Jewels,” and then, BOOM, all of sudden tonight, the photos in the post all disappeared! Continue reading
The Royal Jewels
One of the many things I love about Canada is its obsession – and I don’t mean that in a bad way – about the British Monarchy. Witness today’s announcement of Prince William’s engagement to Kate Middleton… it was the top story on every hourly news broadcast on the radio, and naturally the lead story on The National. Continue reading
Couch Love
This is the piece I read last night at my debut at The TWS Reading Series.
I dream about a couch. But not just any couch. I dream of the most sexy, gorgeous, and comfortable couch imaginable. Every time I slide into her embrace, I fall in love all over again, and so does everyone else whose bum touches her cushions. Continue reading
Lessons from Erica Strange
At some point along the way this summer, I told someone out loud that I was a writer. I remember the moment well, and probably commented on it in this blog at the time. I was dropping something off at an office downtown when I ran into an acquaintance of mine who works there. She politely asked me what I was doing these days, and I blurted out, “I’m a writer,” shocking myself as I said it. Continue reading
15 minute challenge
It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve written anything on this blog, and I’m wracked with a strange sense of unease about that. I’ve hit a bit of a wall with my writing of late. I told myself this morning that I would write today, and now I have exactly 15 minutes before I have to leave the house, so I am just doing it. Continue reading
One Eyed Queen 