It’s threatening a thunderstorm, and I was feeling a general sense of disquiet at home as I kept trying to accomplish a task on which I couldn't quite manage to focus. This is a recurrent pattern I’ve noticed in myself: meteorological unrest seems to result in my being a little unsettled and woefully unproductive. Years … Continue reading Yet Another Post about the Public Library
Here's another morsel of a post to tide you over until I get my act together and finish one of the many longer entries currently languishing in my drafts folder. I keep telling myself that today's the day I'll produce a mini-masterpiece for this blog. Today, however, is not that day, so I present you … Continue reading Not Horsing Around
My husband returned to work on Thursday after a five-day weekend. He spent most of it recouping, running errands, and going to appointments of his own. On Tuesday, however, we took advantage of his weekday availability to venture out of our neighbourhood for the first non-medical-appointment time since I was discharged. We’ve devoted a lot … Continue reading Random Acts of Nerding
While listening to Spotify the other day, I had one of those classic "omigod, dozens, if not hundreds, of my early memories are linked to this Schubert piano sonata" moments. I should first explain that I spent large swathes of my childhood in the central branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library due to a … Continue reading Closing Time at the Greater Victoria Public Library (Central Branch)
De Morbo Sacro: Life and/with Epilepsy 