Category Archives: Writing

Looking For Part-Time Work To Supplement My ODSP, It Should Be Easy… Right?

It has been a long long long time coming, but I believe now is the moment to start looking for a job. Nothing major, at least not to start with. Part-time, maybe 15-hours a week, doing something that requires a … Continue reading

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Health Update Thirteen Years In The Making & How Canada’s Healthcare System Helped Me Survive It All

I have no idea how I survived the past decade… I mean, look at those photos. Thirteen-years of health issues all put together like that, it’s remarkable I’m still able to perform day-to-day activities like a mostly functional human being. … Continue reading

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Hawkesbury buries it’s only remaining waterfront in tonnes of sharp rocks because the Little City just can’t have nice things

…just found out the best chip-stand in the region is finally open — actually, Grenville’s ‘Jos Patate’ has been open since March 26, but I just crossed the bridge into Quebec on Tuesday to check the chip stand situation out. … Continue reading

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A conversation with Susan Jephcott on the influence of Freda Pemberton-Smith on Vankleek Hill’s artistic community

Two weeks ago I sat down with Susan Jephcott, one of Vankleek Hill’s most established artists — and one of the founding members of Vankleek Hill’s ‘May Show Arts Festival (and one of my favourite human beings) to discuss the … Continue reading

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The first in what we hope will be an awesome series of ‘How To Do Art’ essays… plus, expletives.

This is the first in what we hope will be a series of “How To” essays. This week: How To Be A Writer. It’s entirely possible the next one will be ‘How Not To Write A How To Essay’. We’ll … Continue reading

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Little Victor Update | Finally, he can fly

. A few days ago Victor and Andrew, his older brother, were playing what was essentially ‘motionless tag’ in the living room. Basically it was Victor tapping Andrew’s shoulder, then yelling “tag, you’re it”, and Andrew immediately doing the same … Continue reading

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