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no signal, lots of trees
Read more: no signal, lots of treesI’m not proud to admit that “outdoorsy” isn’t something I would call myself, but I don’t think I should feel ashamed of it, either. The truth is, I find nature can be somewhat overwhelming. Beautiful, but overwhelming in the power imbalance I feel when it surrounds me. I understand the humble place of humanity in…
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why is this person in “beetlejuice” tights talking to me?
Read more: why is this person in “beetlejuice” tights talking to me?By the time I was in grade eight, I had gone to eight schools. That meant walking into the classroom eight times as the new kid. The new kid. You know what that means. It means almost guaranteed social awkwardness, unless you turn into a chameleon or perform some other kind of social acrobatics. Eight…
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Chinatown — good things are being said about you
Read more: Chinatown — good things are being said about youThe first place that bilingual fortune cookies were made was in Montréal’s Chinatown in the 1960s … or so I learned while watching the film, Big Fight in Little Chinatown (directed by Karen Cho, 2022). The stories that are told in the film take place in Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York City. Different cities,…
a few words ... from Montréal 