Category Archives: Rambles

Bits and pieces provoked by moving through space, history, and the calendar.

Season(ing)s

Posted on 16 March 2014 by Isabel Gibson

My season sensor sputters as February and March in Phoenix send me signals of all four seasons: shall I savour the variety or let it drive me crazy? My season sensor spins, trying to settle on a selection. Some trees … Continue reading →

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Did You Ever Wonder?

Posted on 03 November 2013 by Isabel Gibson

Seeing books used as props, anywhere other than on a theatre stage, baffles and annoys me simultaneously. Books, dagnab it, are not meant to to complement the wallpaper, but to inform, teach, divert, or elevate. Continue reading →

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Working This Weekend?

Posted on 01 September 2013 by Isabel Gibson

Now, you can argue about the wisdom of messing with the environment on any scale. But what hit me was his sense of working on — of belonging to — a noble and enduring endeavour that would last well beyond his lifetime. Continue reading →

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White Men Can’t Celebrate

Posted on 30 June 2013 by Isabel Gibson

If you do happen to see me standing on the furniture — well, I hope you’ll overlook it, just this once. I’ll be back to normal on Tuesday, I promise. Continue reading →

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Mind the Hole

Posted on 26 May 2013 by Isabel Gibson

Holes in the desert, ranging from the Grand Canyon to burrows for tiny rodents, inspire awe, albeit short-lived. Skunks, on the other hand, inspire a more focused mindfulness. Standing on the edge of a hole in the ground, I take … Continue reading →

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The Place Where

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Isabel Gibson

A trip back to my place of birth and home for a few decades leads to ruminations on home – what it has been for deep thinkers and poets, and what it is for me. Home is the place where, … Continue reading →

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We Got a Few of My Favourite Things

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Isabel Gibson

The last of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise, with apologies to both Toby Keith and Oscar Hammerstein II. Favourite question and answer on an island tour: Fellow traveller: Are the roads always busy like this? Guide: Not sometimes. … Continue reading →

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We Got Buyers, We Got Accosters

Posted on 07 April 2013 by Isabel Gibson

As we move through the Caribbean, the view changes with the location, but two things stay the same. The wind keeps blowing, and the crew keeps selling. Continue reading →

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We Got Rich Folks, We Got Poor Folks

Posted on 03 April 2013 by Isabel Gibson

The sixth of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. In my own mind, I’m not rich: I work for a living, I make trade-offs, I watch my budget. But the Caribbean islands make me feel as uncomfortably rich as … Continue reading →

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