Well, after a couple of months of this, I think we can say it’s official. While Meg and I are hugely encouraging of each others’ writing, and while we can develop ideas and projects and write together, we are certainly bad for one another’s discipline. Both of us have seen our posts drop way off [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Nope. Not Writing.
Posted in Misc., tagged Blogging on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quebec City: the first morning
Posted in Misc., tagged History, Personal, Poetry on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We look out the hotel window over the Plains of Abraham, the St. Lawrence loping along one side, three-hundred year-old cathedrals and row houses jostling with chain restaurants along the other.
I arrived a few hours before my luggage last night, early enough to meet Megan after her first day of union convention and have a [...]
A Post After Her Post
Posted in Relationships, tagged Relationships on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Released, says the headline on Meg’s blog today.
Darren is officially out of the cage that has held him, and now sits with immigration cops while they decide when and where to spit him out this side of the border.
I’m thinking of Megan. Trying to imagine what this must be like, as a whole other life [...]
Challenge and Change
Posted in Misc., Relationships, tagged Relationships on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Struggling a bit these last days. And out-of-the-blue struggling, too.
Meg’s got an ex whose been in jail for some political actions in the States. He’s due out very shortly, and needs a safe place to land when he leaves the cage behind – a roof overhead, food to eat, and folks who care. A total [...]
George Sawchuk and Art that Matters
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged Art, The Left on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Among the kids and swims and car trips to and from ferry terminals, art and activism always manage to find ways to insert themselves. A couple of Sundays back, while visiting my folks. we heard that a number of local artists wee opening their studios for a little walking art tour of Fanny Bay. Mostly, [...]
Catchin’ Up – the basics
Posted in Family, Misc., Relationships, tagged Personal on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well. it really has been a long time since I’ve posted anything here. Things have been pretty busy, so there is lots to catch up on, but I am finding that holidays make for less blogging, not more – probably because I generally write posts up during slow periods at work. In any event, as [...]
