January 2012
29 posts
...and then I remembered a promise I made.
The past year has been one full of unexpected events my life and those around me. Particularly in the area of relationships.
My brother got married. Another brother got engaged. I’ve witnessed people - both in the hub and the periphery - within my circle of friends begin, advance or end relationships. And me? I finally found - and lost - something I thought special and worthwhile. Bad...
December 2011
4 posts
“Go home. Or make a home. And rest.
More Instructions from Neil Gaiman
I hope...”
– http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html (via neil-gaiman)
A Man I Loved to Love
I submitted the following to the Globe and Mail a week ago to share my sense of loss for the man monikered Christopher Hitchens (he died you know). However, he died when I was overseas and I fear my letter did not reach the Globe letters desk in a timely fashion (I have an issue with timing in many parts of life, it seems). I still want to share this, even if the paper does not publish it.
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Beginnings and Meaning
Dear ___,
I was inspired to start this blog because of someone else’s blog. I like her blog, and that’s enough.
Oh, what about the name of this blog? Well, nothing really matters, does it? Meaning is a projection. We create it.
I don’t mean to seem depressing though. The wonderful corollary to this perspective is that I think meaning can be found wherever you look.
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