Canadian Thanksgiving
No parades or football games or absurd shopping sales muddle the meaning.
No parades or football games or absurd shopping sales muddle the meaning.
Astronomy is thought of as the future or the cutting edge, but it studies slow processes and ancient objects.
Cruelty and its cousin insensitivity are not surprising in an airport. Kindness is.
Maybe they’re petty annoyances for most city dwellers, but they are an undeniable force of life populating nearly every major city in the world.
Getting enough daily protein is no easy feat, rainbow chard isn’t half bad, and chocolate makes me a much, much happier person.
We returned home in the early evening of that fateful September Saturday reeking, having taste-tested garlic knots, garlic fudge, garlic mustards and dips, cheeses and cheese curds, nuts and nut butters, vinegars, pickles, and hot sauces.
One more thing to die of in a ruthless, bloody war: beautiful magenta ink on a love letter.
I did, in fact, want to feel like I was eating a wicker basket.
Heterosexuality itself doesn’t have the capacity to inspire passion, to push boundaries, to ignite change.
Rusty antennae form a kind of industrial crown of thorns, and the typeface doesn’t say “beach day” as much as “we interrupt this program to bring you a SEVERE WEATHER ALERT.”