Red Cedar
More apocalypse, less angst
Category: Me
The Big Burn
It’s amazing how events overtake us towards the middle of December, isn’t it? I mean, just two weeks ago I was in the interior woods in -30 weather having a massive bonfire, and today I am sitting and fretting about getting the last Christmas… Continue Reading “The Big Burn”
Recreational reading for 2014.
Since starting grad school I have fallen seriously out of practice with recreational reading. So out of practice that recently for a “light read” I picked up Albert Camus’ The Plague – an existential novel about a town quarantined due to the plague which… Continue Reading “Recreational reading for 2014.”
On working and/or making a life.
Yesterday, I received a rejection letter. That is – a letter telling me that although I was a stellar candidate, I had not got the job I interviewed for last Friday. (That interview, incidentally, took up so much brain space once it was scheduled… Continue Reading “On working and/or making a life.”
Returning from Rivendell
I have just returned from four nights of retreat at Rivendell Retreat Center on Bowen Island. Talk about an incredible space – well-organized, welcoming, clean, warm, supportive and quiet – which is everything that one wants a place of respite to be. While there… Continue Reading “Returning from Rivendell”
Long silences…… inner chatter.
My partner is currently on a hunting trip, a week in total Saturday to Saturday – which means that I’m almost half-way through his time away. I have to admit, that as much as I always think I want more time alone…… I always… Continue Reading “Long silences…… inner chatter.”
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