Red Cedar
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Month: October 2005
the tao of motion
something clicked for me today when i was working with the kickboard during my lunch-hour swim – through a combination of meditating on the motion, and watching another swimmer – i actually *understood* the hip/leg motion i was aiming for physically rather than intellectually… Continue Reading “the tao of motion”
can't you come up with a better argument than that?
it’s disingenuous for education minister shirley bond to suggest that because the teacher strike vote (of 90.5% in favour of defying bill 12 and staying out on strike) was only cast by 50% of the members, the result is not legitimate (and thus scabbing… Continue Reading “can't you come up with a better argument than that?”
general strike blues
after work yesterday, i took a stroll down to the trade and convention centre (which houses the liberal cabinet offices) and took part in a support demonstration for the bc teachers on strike. for those of you not up on bc politics – the… Continue Reading “general strike blues”
locker-room bodies
something that has struck me since returning to the gym is how much i missed seeing the bodies of other women up close and unclothed – and i don’t mean in a voyeristic, thrill-seeking kind of way. you see, when they aren’t in magazines,… Continue Reading “locker-room bodies”
an album that's breaking my heart
the kronos quartet plays phillip glass, released august 05. i don’t know what it is about the music of phillip glass that makes me feel so heartwrenchingly melancholy. when bob everton died last december, i drove around in my car aimlessly a lot with… Continue Reading “an album that's breaking my heart”
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