I dreamt that I was flying. I rarely have flying dreams, and this one appeared approximately three days after I consciously pondered my lack of experience with this classic archetype.
It was dusk, a common setting for my chimera, and I was flying over top of a paved runway littered with all kinds of absurd obstacles—mounds [...]
The holidays can be so expensive and there are many ways to get through it saving your sanity and your wallet. But, after realizing how much money we have spent on attending holiday events and dinners, I am shocked at what a difference this money could have made in other parts of the world. I am also trying to find that perfect gift for the person who has everything. This year I have decided to embrace the true meaning of the season: peace and good will to man. This does not have to cost a fortune and can make a huge difference.
Rita Mahato has been threatened with assault, rape, and murder because of the human rights work she does in her home country.
She is a health counsellor at the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) in Nepal’s Siraha District, and offers support for women targeted by sexual violence. The centre also documents, files, and reports the cases, making [...]
It is with great pride and pleasure that I introduce you to Genevieve (Paquet) Roach (1913-1992), my late mother-in-law. On any given day, you could enter Gen’s kitchen and see pots boiling on the stove, biscuits in the oven, bread cooling on the racks, a washing machine and clothes dryer going, and Gen hunched over a sewing machine, lips pursed in concentration, a cigarette burning down in an ashtray nearby, a TV blasting loudly in the living room.
Spring means new life. And sometimes that new life gets injured or left to its own devices. As a city girl who grew up with one dog and one cat and was perfectly fine with that, the transformation to pseudo animal rehabber has been interesting. The moment I realized that I was no longer along for the ride with my husband as a mere passenger was when I found myself running through the Superstore parking lot in an attempt to capture a seagull with a broken wing.
During a sabbatical last year, Michele was privileged to spend six months in southern Africa. Of this time, one month was spent touring South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique, but the five months spent volunteering and living with the Basotho in rural Lesotho has truly had an impact on her life. Michele plans to return to [...]
He did it! He gave me a beautiful engagement ring and asked me to marry him. We are planning to get married in August this year. The thought of planning a wedding was so exciting to me at first, but when I started to really think about our situation, living in Japan and our families [...]
Exhausted after putting in a day’s work, I climb into my car and drive to the babysitter’s house. Collecting my daughter, we drive home, chatting noisily as we catch up on the events of each other’s day. As we arrive home, I’m faced with a messy house, laundry that needs to be done, and supper [...]
When I first embarked on my freelance writing career, I was all starry-eyed and excited about what my future held. I imagined long hours in front of my laptop working on my poetry/manuscript/latest article. It would be hard work, but my God it would be satisfying! And I would be so happy. My creative juices [...]
It’s 6:30 in the morning and my phone is ringing. I stumble out of bed, pick it up, and am greeted with the dial tone. I look over at the birdcage hanging in a stream of early morning light. I then hear my cell phone, our old phone, a dump truck backing up and our [...]
