Category: everyday life
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“you have to learn how to live as long as you live”
Read more: “you have to learn how to live as long as you live”Well, we don’t have to … learn how to live … as long as we live … but it’s probably a good idea. The advice comes from Seneca in a letter written around 65 CE (making its way to us today via an Oxford University Press translation). I may not agree with all ideas that…
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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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my small press love letter
Read more: my small press love letterPeople say that nothing is like your first love. I would agree. I can tell you — without a moment’s hesitation — that small press literary publishing was a first love of my life, my professional life. The story goes something like this … I started volunteering and then working in publishing at Anvil Press…
a few words ... from Montréal 