Red Wine Meets White Carpet
After a hectic work day, I was driving home in the rain with crumbs all over my lap. There was a lone bran and berry muffin left in a Tim Horton’s box from the morning staff meeting. Standing alone...
View ArticleSink or Swim
Though the limitations of our immigration process was no longer looming overhead, we struggled to wrap our brains around the idea of freedom. Now that a new year is upon us, it felt necessary to take...
View ArticleYear of the Hoarse
Glorious Sunday. We woke up early. Six in the morning. Curled up under the blankets, chatting quietly in the dark, we eventually fell asleep, waking up sometime round 10:30am. The intention was to...
View ArticleThe Devil, Willy Wonka & The Tunnel of Love
It’s the beginning of March and it’s snowing. Again. Christ almighty, when will I be able to wear flats again? Walk on the grass? Feel the sun on my face. Throw on a t-shirt and a skirt and head out...
View ArticleThe Last Supper Club
aliciaashcroft:Happy Easter to my lovely readers. A revamped #oldiebutagoodie. Originally posted on "Pin Up Picks Pen Up": I always intended to see “The Passion of the Christ”, if only to see what the...
View ArticleLive at the Sahara Tahoe
aliciaashcroft:Long weekend. Coffee and Baileys. Someone else making breakfast. Isaac Hayes Live at the Sahara Tahoe crackling away on the turntable. Wishing you all well. Originally posted on "Pin Up...
View ArticleThick & Thin
Saturday afternoon of a long weekend. This time off was so necessary. After a hectic, stressful, busy, emotionally challenging week I am feeling a bit like a filthy t-shirt you wear for the entirety...
View ArticleFaith Tones & the Freak Show Circuit
For anyone who’s keeping track–the original blogs have not been flooding in plentifully…it’s a trickle. It’s like the tap in the bathtub that occasionally releases a fat drop of water. We’re teetering...
View ArticleA Repair to Remember.
When I was in my very early twenties and living on Vancouver Island, I had a sweet little red bicycle. It was a basic, red ten-speed type-useful, reliable, but not aesthetically pleasing. I was a...
View ArticleWait-Loss Wonderland.
The weight loss journey is one seriously rocky road, like wandering though a twisted fairy tale, a calorie-conscious Wonderland with all kinds of detours, obstacles, distractions, forks in the roads...
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