Real mail, delivered to the mailbox, is an increasingly rare event. Mostly these days, I get paid by e-transfer, so I almost never even have the anticipation of a possible cheque when I see the mail carrier approach our house. Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part 13)→

Many of us have – with varying degrees of enthusiasm and success– adapted to spending hours a day on Zoom. Some of us have become fairly proficient, learning how to share our screens and use backdrops that hide our messy Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part 12)→

In February 2020, before the pandemic became the only news any of us followed, the big story for many of us was the Indigenous resistance to stop development of Coastal GasLink’s natural gas pipeline across the land of the Wet’suwet’en Continue reading One year later→

When the week began, I felt a bit like this snow sculpture. Once a cheerful friend I passed on my daily walks, it has been slowly disappearing through a few thaws and refreezes; its jaunty top hat is now missing Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part 11)→