The Other Things Five hundred and forty kilometres, and a lifetime 14 Jun 201617 Jul 2016 TORONTO There are 540 kilometres between my office and my aunt’s house. Last week, my office was full of meetings, big ideas and little frustrations, posturing and punning. My aunt’s house…
Summer I lived in The Beaches; I went to the beach 24 Jul 201120 Jul 2012 TORONTO - "Oh, this is my Toronto,|" I said as we turned onto a narrow street crammed with trees and rowhouses, each with a sliver of yard. My companion snorted.…
Dirty weekend… ‘To a Zwillinge, from a Zwillinge, Love Inga’ 14 Feb 201120 Jul 2012 TORONTO – Her arrival is announced by a rattling at the key hole. Aunt G and Uncle C share a look across the room. Their relationship with their neighbour is…
The Other Things Nothing to fear but the weather itself 18 May 200919 May 2009 My fear of tornadoes goes back to Grade 6. It was the mid-’80s and we were living in The Beaches in Toronto. Our house was quite close to the water,…
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