Month: November 2008

Ack. Breathe.

On another flight to Ottawa – what I thought was going to be a short trip for work (home on Friday night) has turned into a longer affair because the union has now called an urgent meeting for all negotiating team members that stretches… Continue Reading “Ack. Breathe.”

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Thinking about poems and stories.

“When poets stopped telling stories, they not only lost a substantial portion of their audience, they also narrowed the imaginative possibilities of their art. As long as there have been potes, those poets told stories. Those stories were rarely about their own lives but… Continue Reading “Thinking about poems and stories.”

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Time for lying still.

(this somehow didn’t get posted yesterday.) Well. It’s been a super-productive few days, even if I haven’t posted here. Motivated mainly by a large stack of work and looming deadlines – I have managed to clear things off sufficiently, enabling me to leave work… Continue Reading “Time for lying still.”

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A journal entry about nothing in particular.

It’s been awhile since I have posted a private journal entry here. So here is one from Friday because it’s as good as any other day. (Note: I did get my computer back from MacStation yesterday). It is morning on the west coast, coffee,… Continue Reading “A journal entry about nothing in particular.”

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Home again.

Got home Thursday night and glad to note no traveling for another six days or so (Victoria on the weekend, Ottawa again the 19-21) – after which there will be no trips east for a couple of months because collective bargaining has ground to… Continue Reading “Home again.”

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