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Throwing things off balconies

There’s this three-storey apartment building at the corner of Caldwell and Merivale, on the edge of the Experimental Farm, right by the path where I go for walks. There are nine balconies facing the Farm, and sometimes, if I’m lucky, I catch glimpses of people living their lives.

There used to be an old woman who […]

Birthdays, past and present

I’m having the best birthday EVER. GC delivered fabulous presents to me in bed at 7:30 this morning. Boxed sets of David Attenborough documentaries – Planet Earth, and The Life of Birds! And an iPhone docking station, and a digital art magazine! We’re going out for dinner tonight at my favourite restaurant – The […]

Happy Birthday, Me!

I’m having a very happy birthday today. For starters, I woke up and the migraine I’ve been living with since Tuesday was pretty much gone. Even though it’s been a brutal year, health-wise, the one bright spot has been headaches. Maybe it’s because of the drugs I’m taking, maybe it’s because I don’t have a […]

James grew up

Happy Birthday James

Today’s my son’s birthday. He’s a Libra just like me, and in Chinese astrology he’s a Dog, just like me. He was born on his due date, which only happens with 10% of all babies. He’s 27 years old – the same age Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain […]

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday was my birthday (on a SATURDAY! woohoo) and I had an especially good one. I spent the weekend floating among friends who all wanted to feed me wonderful food, so that made me feel pretty special. Friday night I had a seafood stir-fry and Saturday night I had filet mignon, lobster tail, a […]