Tag Archives: life

Persona, have you met your Shadow?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

A man is standing beside the road. He is a middle-aged man. He has a bald spot and a circle of brown spiky hair. He is dressed in a pressed tweed jacket, pressed dress pants, shiny dress shoes–all high-end labelled … Continue reading →

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Muse Sighting II

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

He cycles past me going the wrong way on a one-way street. He is mounted on an old city-style bicycle. Of course the bike is old enough that when he bought it, it didn’t have the descriptor city-style, it was just a … Continue reading →

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Ode to a lost feild.

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

If you follow my sister’s blog (or are my sister) you may already be aware that my mother has started going through 2 steamer trunks full of old schoolwork. If not, catch up here. I found an undated, unsigned essay … Continue reading →

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If Life is a Highway, it’s Time to Lower the Speed Limit.

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

It’s been a very strange few weeks. Kindergarten orientation one week, high school orientation the next, the end of school, grade 7 graduation, the solstice, Father’s Day, the 4 and 11/12ths year old became a five-year-old. The middle child had … Continue reading →

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Pianos, Moats, and Dragons! Oh my!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

TOO MUCH! I’m in one of those phases where it’s all just too much. Do you get this sometimes? The obligation to return a phone call or an email or even respond to a comment — too much. Can’t do it. … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been Hosed

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

In which Shoppers Drug Mart screws me over with their new house brand overpackaged pantyhose. Continue reading →

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Lessons from my Mom

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

This is my Mom and me in the ‘Peg circa 1968.     Did someone skin a Cookie Monster to get the pelt for that coat? I’m a muppetized moppet. I love that you can’t see my hands. Wasn’t I just adorable? More to … Continue reading →

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Bzzz. Smash! Bzzz. Ouch! Bzzz. Wap!

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

Do you ever have days where you feel like a bumblebee caught on one side of glass, banging yourself continuously in an effort to get through this invisible force field, when there’s a crack in the window just a foot … Continue reading →

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Small tribute to a fallen colleague

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

It’s been a bit of a rough go in the theatre community lately; too many stories of inoperable brain tumours, incurable cancer, and inescapable car crashes. One colleague was wise enough to re-schedule his flight and go to the hospital. He later … Continue reading →

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Everything new is old again

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

My extra-busy work season ended Sunday at 5:45. It’s nice to have a nice marker like that, a ribbon tied across the track to launch, or in my case, stagger, through, panting, red-faced, and sweating, and if not victorious, at … Continue reading →

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