Correspondence
I’m starting my Day of DH by doing my electronic correspondence. Living on the west coast of Canada means that when I wake up bright and early, my publishers in Ontario, New York, New Jersey, and...
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Writing Workshop Preparation
One of the writing-related activities I do is teaching community education. Usually this kind of teaching needs some preparation before the actual event, even though the class is not formally...
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To The Library!
Today I’m leaving home earlier than most days this semester. Off to the public library with a couple of books to return (one on a subject I’m writing a paper about, one a Young Adult fiction novel from...
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Layout
Here’s where I’m spending the rest of the daylight hours of today: the campus of the University of Victoria. Photos from a plane show the Ring Road of UVic campus to good advantage! The big bay beyond...
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Life’s a Beach
The only time I forget to eat is when I’m working in this computer lab. It’s a real effort to get away. Lunch is going to be an apple and a granola bar at the beach. When I was writing in my old place...
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Heidegger and Doctorow
At first thought, there are few writers more different than philosopher Heidegger and Canadian science fiction novelist Cory Doctorow. But there is an area where their writing intersects. That area is...
View ArticleAngst
And then there’s the mid-afternoon moment of angst. Filling out forms is never fun at the best of times. I can fill out every blank correctly and still feel horrible. The form can be for some kind of...
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Angst is much improved after a 3 km walk in the rain holding an umbrella, a bag of peppermints, and a brand-new whoopee cushion I just bought with my debit card. Ya just can’t be too angst-y when...
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Feed Your Head
It’s almost time to meet my partner, so we can eat a bite together before going to the Uni 201 class we do together. I’m a Teaching Assistant, my partner is a student, but really “participant” is a...
View ArticleWinding down
Most evenings I wind down the same way as tonight, if I’m lucky. A book to open my mind quietly. A Star Trek episode to watch my mother at her devotions (in a future world, she would have been an...
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